OpenAI stops itself from generating ‘disrespectful’ Martin Luther King Jr. deepfakes, but this is the tip of the iceberg: ‘Who gets protection from synthetic resurrection and who doesn’t?’

OpenAI has said it will stop its AI video-generating app Sora from creating videos featuring the likeness of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., after receiving a request from his estate. The minister and civil rights leader, who was assassinated in April 1968, was known in his lifetime for his advocacy of nonviolent resistance, civil disobedience,…

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Sony accuses Tencent of playing a ‘shell game’ with its Horizon-like survival game, seeks a preliminary injunction against it

When Tencent unveiled its upcoming Light of Motiram survival game in late 2024, we (and a lot of other places and people) called out its many similarities to Sony’s Horizon series, and idly wondered whether it was tempting fate and SIE’s legal team. The answer came in July 2025 when Sony filed suit, shortly after…

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So, uh, why are there suddenly at least 4 sinister convenience store simulators on Steam at once?

In 2024, we witnessed the rise of the retail sim: games like Supermarket Simulator, Supermarket Together, and TCG Card Shop Simulator that lured players, streamers, and YouTubers with the unparalleled power fantasy of putting stuff on shelves. While the genre’s overnight emergence was surprising, its success makes sense. There’s joy to be found in mundane…

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