The main video game store today is Steam, with a truly spectacular catalog of games. There are many developers who launch their games on the platform to make themselves known, above all. Well then, Valve It has been tired of the Artificial intelligence and it is removing from your bookstore, any game that it takes Something related with this technology.
There are many who are using AI to earn income. This is a problem, since the generated content, in many cases, may be copyrighted. Already in the United States several writings have started lawsuits against AI services for using their works for training without consent.
Using this technology indiscriminately is a huge mistake. It can be a good option for support, but copy and paste is a serious mistake. Google is sanctioning this content, reducing its relevance and removing YouTube videos created by AI.
Valve does not want AI in the games in its catalog
The game «Heard of the Story?» has been banned from Steam for violation of the rules of the store. Since June, any game that uses something generated by AI on Steam, they must demonstrate that “all the IP used in the sets of data used for train the AI and generate these resources, does not infringe property rights»
Valve’s restrictions on adding games that include “AI-generated content.” If this is detected, the game will revert to removed immediately and then the developers will have to claim.
According to Valve, Heard of the Story? would be including dialogues of npc based in ChatGPT. This violates the rules of the platform, if not properly justified.
We must emphasize that the game is available on the platform since three and a half years No problem. As indicated, they would have added a dialog for an NPC based on ChatGPT. Given this, Valve has sent an email to the developers, forcing suspend and delete the game from the platform.
The developers have posted information about this incident on Reddit. They have created an official mod for the game. Said mod requires players to enter their own ChatGPT API in order for NPCs to have richer dialogues. They protest because Valve did not give them any warning, they simply sent them an email to deactivate and delete the game.
Indeed, according to Valve’s policies, which developers must be aware of, there is a violation of the conditions. Now, the game will be under review for a period of up to three months. Then, it will be necessary to evaluate if the game can be commercialized or not, again.
Good or badly done?
Well, the truth is that it is something that Valve has done perfectly. Developers need to be aware of platform restrictions. In the end, you are selling your game in a third-party store and you must abide by their rules.
It is true that this is a mod that adds richness to the NPCs of the game, being an extension. But in the end, you are using a tool that could create copyrighted dialogues and it would be a problem for Valve and the game developers themselves.
