It appears Anthropic may be (quietly) taking action to stem the flood of AI-driven game remakes that have hit the video game industry in the last few month, which saw users creating their own versions of classic and upcoming games, sometimes for fun, sometimes for financial gain.
Earlier today X (formerly Twitter) user Chasm said that they spotted an update to Claude Code’s “rules” that was pushed sometime on October 27. The rule is listed under “tengu_heron_brook,” and reads “Do build original games, games in a genre, and games from the user’s own designs and assets. Do not build a recreation
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