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Barret Wallace was not wrong
Dec. 11th, 2024 02:39 pmIn defense and absolute condemnation of AI: how AI has already affected “The Game Industry”
https://www.nathalielawhead.com/candybox/in-defense-and-absolute-condemnation-of-ai-how-ai-has-already-affected-the-game-industry
This blog post is about how, earlier this week, Itch.io briefly went offline after an AI-automated system owned by Funko tagged it as hosting copyrighted content. Basically:
Itch.io posted that they had been taken down by Funko of “Funko Pop” because the company used some AI Powered Brand protection Software called Brand Shield that created some bogus phishing report to their registrar, iwantmyname, who ignored their response and just disabled the domain.
Absurdist automated content flagging happens all the time on corporate-owned platforms like YouTube, but it's distressing to realize that it can happen in indie spaces too:
When this happens to people that actually built and own their alternatives, you really have to take a step back and get properly worried. Will this become the norm? Will we all have to have lawyers and legal help to exist independently online? Will the internet only be a rich people thing then??
( Read more... )
https://www.nathalielawhead.com/candybox/in-defense-and-absolute-condemnation-of-ai-how-ai-has-already-affected-the-game-industry
This blog post is about how, earlier this week, Itch.io briefly went offline after an AI-automated system owned by Funko tagged it as hosting copyrighted content. Basically:
Itch.io posted that they had been taken down by Funko of “Funko Pop” because the company used some AI Powered Brand protection Software called Brand Shield that created some bogus phishing report to their registrar, iwantmyname, who ignored their response and just disabled the domain.
Absurdist automated content flagging happens all the time on corporate-owned platforms like YouTube, but it's distressing to realize that it can happen in indie spaces too:
When this happens to people that actually built and own their alternatives, you really have to take a step back and get properly worried. Will this become the norm? Will we all have to have lawyers and legal help to exist independently online? Will the internet only be a rich people thing then??
( Read more... )
