The fight against AI-generated content is going to be a long one. While consumers continue to speak out about the implementation of the technology, and game developers fear for their jobs, major corporations like Epic Games, EA, Krafton, and Microsoft (owner of Activision Blizzard, Bethesda, and many more) plow on with its use.
Earlier this year, knowing that swathes of players had issues with the tech, Steam forced developers to include an AI content disclosure for any game that used it during development. Those developers need to specify exactly how it was used during the development process.
This warning offers consumers the chance to decide whether a game is worth buying, based on its AI usage. However, it can be hidden a little way down the page. Thankfully, if you browse Steam in your web browser, a new extension can help you out by generating a pop-up whenever a game has the AI-generated content disclosure present.
Available on both Firefox and Google Chrome, the AI Warning for Steam extension highlights any game that uses generative AI.
Its description reads: "If a Steam store page contains an AI-generated content Disclosure, this extension will display it as a modal...
