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Epic's Tim Sweeney believes AI notices on Steam are a "political statement" for the "hate mob" (www.gamingonlinux.com)
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[+] -18 points 1 week ago (6 children)

I bet, apart from very few obscure 1 man indie games, every project has seen help by AI. To what extend might differ but that's nowhere reflected. Either they lie or have that AI badge.

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  • [–] 21 points 1 week ago (2 children)

    The Steam AI badge is specifically about gen-AI assets. A game that's 100% vibe coded, but uses human art, doesn't need the badge according to Steam rules.

    And while AI assistance with code is common, gen-AI assets not so much.

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  • [–] 3 points 1 week ago* (1 child)

    Where does it say that? Their content survey details for when developers are meant to disclose AI usage simply refers to it as the use of AI in generating “content” which would cover code since the mechanical implementations etc are all “content”.

    A 100% vibe coded game should be disclosing as AI pre-generated content.

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  • [–] 4 points 1 week ago*

    We are aware that many modern game development environments have AI powered tools built into them. Efficiency gains through the use of these tools is not the focus of this section. Instead, it is concerned with the use of AI in creating content that ships with your game, and is consumed by players. This includes content such as artwork, sound, narrative, localization, etc.

    What you linked is pretty clear to me. Tools and code are not "content". That's Valve's intent.

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  • [–] 7 points 1 week ago (2 children)

    Yep. I mean, any game running on Unreal Engine at this point would probably need to have that badge. So many games are also using various bits of middleware that have probably had AI contributions by now. And that's just the technical side of it. Art and dialog are also seeing a lot of AI use these days.

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  • [–] 4 points 1 week ago (1 child)

    That's incorrect. The Steam AI badge only concerns gen-AI assets, not code. So UE or middleware that was coded with AI doesn't make the game need the badge at all. Whether you agree with that or not is another thing, but that's the current Steam rules. AI disclosure is only for assets, not code.

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