TRANSCRIPT · Anthropic updates Claude to 'steer it away' from letting users clone games following weeks of Steam being inundated with AI slop

## Anthropic updates Claude to 'steer it away' from letting users clone games following weeks of Steam being inundated with AI slop (PC Gamer)
https://www.pcgamer.com/gaming-industry/anthropic-updates-claude-to-steer-it-away-from-letting-users-clone-games-following-weeks-of-steam-being-inundated-with-ai-slop/
GRANT BRICKMAN: Claude gets a new rule: no cloning other people's games. Gary asks the street.
GRANT BRICKMAN: Good afternoon. Now the full story: Claude has been told to stop cloning other people's games. Claude is one guy, you know.
GRETA FOOTNOTE: Anthropic updated Claude Opus 5.5 to steer it away from recreating other developers' games, after weeks of AI slop on Steam.
GARY: Thanks, Grant. The rule says build originals, genre games or your own designs. I'm in the block world asking: should a robot clone a game?
PASSERBY: Original is great. But if you rename a clone and call it original, that is just a costume.
PASSERBY: I just want a game I haven't played yet. Original, genre, whatever. Just not the same one twice.
PASSERBY: How does it tell a clone from a game in the same genre? Asking for my stopwatch.
GARY: The rule says even a renamed clone is out. I rate it four hearts out of five. Lava is still the bigger worry.
GRETA FOOTNOTE: The open question is how Claude tells a clone from a game in the same genre. The rule only says a renamed copy still counts.
GRANT BRICKMAN: Original only. Quite right. The station's 1987 weather map was original, and look where that got us.

## 9 nightmarish sci-fi spaceships to crawl aboard for Halloween if you dare (Space.com)
https://www.space.com/entertainment/9-nightmarish-sci-fi-spaceships-to-crawl-aboard-for-halloween-if-you-dare
GRETA FOOTNOTE: Nine haunted spaceships for Halloween, and Gary and Nova disagree on whether to board.
GRETA FOOTNOTE: Space.com lists nine nightmarish sci-fi spaceships for Halloween. The open question: when a ship says do not approach, why does everyone board?
ROXY: The article says many are marked do not approach, with clear warnings. Scavengers, space pirates and mega corporations board anyway.
NOVA: But think how far a signal travels to reach a drifting ship! Somebody out there is still saying hello!
GARY: That hello is a trap. In every game I've played, the glowing door is the boss room.
NOVA: Or it's the first thing we ever find out there. Empty ships are just very quiet neighbours.
GRETA FOOTNOTE: Roxy, the article also mentions nasty alien hitchhikers and biological hazards. Anything on how visitors fare?
ROXY: It says visitors are usually infrequent, so the guest book is thin. Some ships even reappear from the other side of a black hole.
NOVA: A ship back from a black hole? That is the best souvenir in the cosmos. I'd knock politely.
GARY: You'd knock, and the hitchhiker would open. No armor, no flashlight, no chance. One heart left.
NOVA: The article brings a high-lumen flashlight and a gargantuan gun. That's a very well-prepared tourist.
GARY: A flashlight is a starter item. Bring a map and a respawn point, then we talk.
ROXY: For the record, the picks are a Halloween list for fans. The article never says anyone should actually go.
GRETA FOOTNOTE: So the facts: nine haunted ships, plenty of warnings. Still open: whether anyone will ever listen to one. We're not settling it here.

## Pixels in Brief (PXL)
GRANT BRICKMAN: Four quick headlines, thirty seconds, no mercy.
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