Steam updates AI disclosure form to specify that it’s focused on AI-generated content that is ‘consumed by players,’ not efficiency tools used behind the scenes

Epic Games boss Tim Sweeney recently said digital storefronts like Steam should stop using AI disclosure labels because “AI will be involved in nearly all future production” anyway. PC Gamer’s Tyler Wilde disagreed (as do I), but he also noted that such disclosures can be tricky for developers: “Does it count if you used Photoshop’s…

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There’s a fantasy swordsmithing sim launching on Steam next week, which is a sentence I’ve been waiting to hear since browsing my dad’s replica sword catalogs in 4th grade

As the son of a man who was a historical reenactor, pre-internet Tolkien lorehead, and casual collector of bladed weaponry, my upbringing was of a very specific flavor. While I’ve overheard more complaints about the accuracy of period film costumes than anyone ever should, it did have its benefits—like getting to browse the occasional catalogs…

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There’s a fantasy swordsmithing sim launching on Steam next week, which is a sentence I’ve been waiting to hear since browsing my dad’s replica sword catalogs in 4th grade

As the son of a man who was a historical reenactor, pre-internet Tolkien lorehead, and casual collector of bladed weaponry, my upbringing was of a very specific flavor. While I’ve overheard more complaints about the accuracy of period film costumes than anyone ever should, it did have its benefits—like getting to browse the occasional catalogs…

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UK police chief resigns over AI intel embarrassment, blames ‘political and media frenzy’ rather than his force’s failure to fact-check Copilot

West Midlands Police chief constable Craig Guildford, the head of the UK police force that admitted earlier this week that it had used faulty information from Microsoft’s Copilot AI assistant in its controversial decision to ban Israeli football fans from a November 2025 Europa league match, has announced his resignation (via the BBC). His retirement…

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UK police chief resigns over AI intel embarrassment, blames ‘political and media frenzy’ rather than his force’s failure to fact-check Copilot

West Midlands Police chief constable Craig Guildford, the head of the UK police force that admitted earlier this week that it had used faulty information from Microsoft’s Copilot AI assistant in its controversial decision to ban Israeli football fans from a November 2025 Europa league match, has announced his resignation (via the BBC). His retirement…

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Facepunch Studios COO says he’ll buy New World for $25 million, and he might not be joking: ‘We’re always looking for new opportunities and we are open to all avenues’

XDespite being a moderate success, Amazon’s New World MMO will be taken out behind the woodshed on January 31, 2027 and put down for good. But Facepunch Studios chief operating officer Alistair McFarlane says “games should never die,” and has thus made an offer to buy it—and a couple other well-known industry figures have said…

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