Anthropic’s Claude AI software appears to have received a rule preventing it from creating outright copies or recreations of existing video games. The change instead directs Claude to produce original games, games within a genre, or projects based on a user’s own designs and assets.
X user Chasm was among the first to highlight the change, sharing a screenshot of a rule reportedly added around 27 October. The guidance tells Claude to build original games and avoid recreating a specific existing game, even if the project is renamed or described as original.
Anthropic has not issued an official statement about the update. However, company technical staff member Addy Osmani confirmed the rule’s legitimacy in a response to the post, saying that using Claude to infringe intellectual property violates the company’s usage policy. He added that users should still be able to create original games and projects based on their own assets.
Users on GitHub have since reported new restrictions, including blocks on creating digital modules for board games and recreating a commercially produced board game for personal use. Anthropic has been contacted for comment about the rule and its position on AI-generated game copies.
The change follows growing criticism of AI-created game reproductions. Game communities have opposed such projects, while some developers have removed publicly available demos over concerns that their work could be copied. AI-assisted versions of major games have also appeared, including a browser-playable version of Mario Kart 8 that was removed within days, apparently after legal action from Nintendo.
Claude is not the only AI tool capable of generating games, and other services, including DeepSeek, reportedly do not impose equivalent restrictions. Anthropic’s change may therefore limit copying through one major commercial AI platform without resolving the broader issue.
Sources: Eurogamer.