{"id":805764,"date":"2026-10-17T17:28:23","date_gmt":"2026-10-17T17:28:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/805764\/"},"modified":"2026-10-17T17:28:23","modified_gmt":"2026-10-17T17:28:23","slug":"we-have-reached-a-new-threshold-in-genai-gloom-with-a-game-dev-cancelling-a-demo-for-fear-of-copycats-ripping-them-off-before-release-rock-paper-shotgun","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/805764\/","title":{"rendered":"We have reached a new threshold in genAI gloom, with a game dev cancelling a demo for fear of copycats ripping them off before release &#8211; Rock Paper Shotgun"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMi-gFBVV95cUxObklNdDhwZENHZzhKa0NxeF9xXzQxY2FRUmVrOG5ubUxudkJSUmR6SjdxcmJJZktIcDFqVDRVNk5OS2pGSjY2Zm9XYVlwVlNPNFJUM08xaEtYc1lSeUtMTzlKaHB3US1oaVVGWGVnS3h6cWFBODM0OUFMVnNFbGYtY0pMUElDckVxQ0ZDMWRWVFVVNFJsTldoUjRiNEtpMEwwTXJrY2FWNzhxckZ3RnJqOUJxXzc5Tm5FWldhbDJ6M2NYakk2dlcyLUgyNXF2TWlsQUp5QXNtSnFMUTdZbHhRNlBEQzBXTGo1Xy1KOVNLdUhGQUd2WnpJM0dn?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">We have reached a new threshold in genAI gloom, with a game dev cancelling a demo for fear of copycats ripping them off before release<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;Rock Paper Shotgun<a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMiuwFBVV95cUxOYUc1Tjk4Vl9teVdlNWFzaEZLekhvcUh4Ynp3NUVsV0piZW1GbTIyTU5RVnhLYmYyZVVyUUJwaEJWWGlsSkJxS2IxVDZpaTk3UkxRXy03R3p2MkJXQUlhem5tcTRialJvdXhEb01OekJfdUlJVVExX1FCZ1lTdXFEWDFPWnZEc2FIM1lNTnVMQ1pBM3VweUNEdlZtUHM4SllHR3Nvb3ZwUWhFbWx1ZEpJQ0R3eFFkaTlqWEdR?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Anime Gambling Horror Game Ditches Free Steam Demo So It Doesn\u2019t Get Ripped Off By AI<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;Kotaku<a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMixAJBVV95cUxQRXZGemFWeUp2T0k0TzRoLWJHaGQzVG90SU5uYkw4YnJQREdSbzFPN3NVVTFVQ2FtQlNsY1VtVDJ3dmt1Mk1Xd3NHZmpDdk85aE5idjJVSl9OMlZyQ3dEcng0ZVlqMTBuT2NGb211UkNHM3ZKc09BMkJyQy1kYVZ3YjFqMmF3TFF3SDcxZk1rMVBzNzluRkp5UVpQbThEdXhZc1hVNzRvWW5qTDlqVDZoMF9MN0xRd3cxUXFwYkRCWkxWVzlkVUxQYmZwUGIwbGxuVDljeTg3ZGxXS2VvNkFlbkNMZkY4YWY3aWpBSjd4Y2ZpVXJTd1hFLVlRTFl6N1B6WThPSkFtUWQtU3NTbDhFaHBVRFNjR0ZtUEd6R3hfWEZUT0xBdHplNS1vamgwdUtXVk9TeE1JdWQyLUNDTlZoNURFNjY?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Developer cancels public demo of its upcoming horror drinking game, fearing it will be instantly cloned by AI vibe coders: &#8216;We sincerely apologise for the short notice&#8217;<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;PC Gamer<a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMitgJBVV95cUxPSTdXMDdDRzZCUVEwRnhpNnUxd0JhYV91c1dYRW1adFBKQmJ0dXRDQ3ZkRkQ1dzJFMXQ4em0tU0hwNmFELWFJTjZ3aklWT1NuWHJFWUdJZVE3MlZmeFZQWmlvVXFxeWtCeEh6djVpcmUtLWthREdybnJUTWJEZkhJS0VNbHp4d3ZZTzRCNWtiQ1BjZUNxTVVaejB2MXpBcGNaVVdmNklPMktjT3VOZ253VFNFZDNvUTI1SmFSbllCTHNRZkpESjJmdXV3aFpqYUtaOUNfT1VqbTRiNUdyMHdmaG50NmV2LU9GSFpwTTBLcDlLTjNxbVFCZ0ZyTHFabUJZaW00ck5hUjlYZXhnZzI0c0dqMmxIZEVSN0hFNEMza0FLZXJjNmdKSzhmYk1DQmR1VkNoV0RR?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Devs are canceling their demos to stop AI users from stealing their games \u2013 creator of one of Steam&#8217;s most-wishlisted is &#8220;concerned&#8221; it may be ripped off and beaten to its own launch<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;GamesRadar+<a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMingFBVV95cUxQdnl2VVktX1FJWTU0c05oVzBaT2p5UEJjMzVrQjdRcFdqSURQeDRZaGF0dnAzZU54OHNLbkNCcVNrMnZHdHZOSnRxVHJqWDhDbkdyR0gxZUM1aWZGdlhKdnJfRHJoWG54WTlGamhwMmlDYUtLOV8wVHR5MVVUSnJxUWJCMWczX2F4a29DYnlrTXRuR01XWjhjbU1pZ2xqdw?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Fearing AI Copycats, Indie Developers Pull Public Demos<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;Inven Global<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"We have reached a new threshold in genAI gloom, with a game dev cancelling a demo for fear&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":805765,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[59,86,56,54,55],"class_list":["post-805764","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-technology","tag-gb","tag-technology","tag-uk","tag-united-kingdom","tag-unitedkingdom"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/805764","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=805764"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/805764\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/805765"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=805764"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=805764"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=805764"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}