- Take-Two CEO Strauss Zelnick has criticized Anthropic and OpenAI over their AI tools that can clone existing games.
- He argues that companies involved with IPs should protect IP rights instead of stomping on others’ franchises.
- The company owner sees it as a creative concern, actively focusing on it as technology rapidly advances.
Many people have started using AI tools like Claude to reverse-engineer entire games, merge them, and even create clones that often steal the spotlight over the original releases. Anthropic has attempted to fight back by restricting Claude AI from making game ports.
Take-Two CEO Strauss Zelnick has now called out Anthropic and OpenAI over their AI tools and criticized how they can be used to infringe on others’ IPs.
Why it matters: AI-generated game clones have wreaked havoc across the entire industry, pushing many developers to avoid releasing demos and playtests. These AI tools have also led to a motley of reverse-engineered Switch 2 and PS5 ports appearing on PC.
In an interview with IGN, Strauss Zelnick calls it ironic for Anthropic and OpenAI to ‘stomp’ on others’ IPs while hoping their own is protected. He argues these AI firms need to protect everyone’s IPs and ensure their tools can’t be used to whip up entire game clones.
And if you’re in the intellectual property business, which Anthropic is and OpenAI is, then it seems ironic on the one hand to stomp on someone else’s IP and hope that yours is protected.
-Take-Two CEO, Strauss Zelnick.
Strauss does not see this dilemma as a financial matter, arguing it is a creative threat instead. He confirms that Take-Two is ‘focused on these concerns’ and does not take them lightly as AI technology continues to make strides.
I don’t think it’s a financial matter, in terms of a threat to our business. I do think it’s a creative matter. It’s important to everyone, our developers and our consumers alike, to deliver the experience Rockstar envisions.
Amid these developments, Take-Two wants to ensure Rockstar can deliver the experience it envisions without any hiccups.
It’s worth noting that Rockstar Games has already confirmed that it will take legal action against anyone who launches a reverse-engineered GTA 6 AI clone.
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