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Anthropic tightens the usage boundaries of Claude and prohibits reverse engineering and copying of existing games. In recent times, the practice of cloning games, reverse engineering and decompilation with the help of AI has become increasingly popular. A number of game projects have emerged almost overnight, forming a small-scale "family workshop" industry.

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Anthropic tightens the usage boundaries of Claude and prohibits reverse engineering and copying existing games. In recent times, the practice of cloning games, reverse engineering and decompilation with the help of AI has become increasingly popular. A number of game projects have emerged almost overnight, forming a small-scale "family workshop" industry. These projects range from controversial "Fortnite" and "Fallout" clones to player-made game console ports. Now it seems that Anthropic has had enough of negative public opinion, and may also be under pressure from gaming industry giants. Some users reported that Claude is no longer willing to copy game mechanics or reproduce existing games. The relevant situation was first reported by Tom's Hardware. An X Platform user pointed out a new clause in the Claude rules that may be the source of the above restriction. The terms read: "You can build original games, games within a certain genre, and games based on users' own designs and materials. Do not build a clone of a specific existing game, even if it is renamed or claimed to be original." The original intention of this new rule may be to prevent copyright infringement and avoid legal risks that Anthropic may face, but the actual effect is that a large number of new questions have emerged on Claude's GitHub page. There are reports that Claude even refused to copy the results completed by the developer himself in the early stages of the project simply because subsequent development requires the use of similar mechanisms. On platforms like Reddit, there are also reports from users that the problem extends beyond gaming. Reports indicate that Claude refuses to invoke the popular "Reverse Engineer Anything" capability, which has been used for a variety of purposes: from breaking vendor lock-in on smart TVs, to adding functionality to car infotainment systems, and even recompiling video games to run on other platforms. via cnBeta.COM - Chinese industry information station (author: source: cnBeta.COM)