Yesterday, Sega celebrated Sonic the Hedgehog's 35th birthday with an hours-long livestream. The event revealed multiple new Sonic games and updates to existing ones, including Sonic Frontiers Definitive Edition, Sonic and Sonic 2 Sega Genesis cartridges, and Sonic Classic and Modern collections.
The company also revealed Sonic Chaos Hunt, part game, part real-world competition in which players must search for Chaos Emeralds that "destabilized and scattered across the US." While a fun idea with lucrative prizes, the game has come under immediate fire for its terms and conditions, which suggest that player data will be used to train AI for both Sega and third-party companies.
Terms and Conditions so often favor developers, allowing them to use the information they gather for their own good. In the wake of major distrust against AI, though, Sonic Chaos Hunt's are absolutely egregious.
"By using our services, you acknowledge and consent to our collection, use, and processing of your information, content, and communications ('User Data') for the improvement, development, and training of our artificial intelligence (AI) models and tools, and for providing our services to you," the T's&C's first spotted by Bluesky user Luna Leo reads.
It adds "Your User...
