Steam Next Fest is being flooded with thousands of low-effort games, while developers are becoming reluctant to share their work for fear of seeing it quickly cloned.
Valve admits Steam has an AI slop and cloning problem, but says 'we don't want to be gatekeepers telling developers which tools they should or shouldn't use'
Source: PC Gamer
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- Valve Knows Steam Next Fest Has An AI Slop Problem, And It’s Looking For Solutions
- Valve 'Thinking About How to Solve' Steam's AI Slop Problem, but Won't Limit Developer Access
- Valve addresses Steam's AI game cloning problem - by suggesting developers make their games less copyable
- Valve Knows Steam Has An AI Slop Problem And Has A ‘Significant Number Of People’ Working On It
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