Felix Schönholzer

Blow for OpenAI in Germany as court rules song lyrics used illegally A German court ruled on Tuesday that OpenAI violated copyright on nine popular songs in a lawsuit that marked another attempt to prevent the free use of artists' content online. The Munich Regional Co...

Open AI loses copyright case in Germany.

Judge Elke Schwager summarized the case saying that if you want to build something and need components, "then you purchase them and do not use the property of others."

We don’t use generative AI at Strange Scaffold and I can confirm that a *lot* of other studios are not—whether indie or AAA.

Get outta here with this normalization bullshit.

Japanese game studios tell OpenAI to stop pilfering their work An anti-piracy organization representing major studios like Square Enix and Bandai Namco isn't thrilled with how OpenAI appears to have trained its video model, Sora 2.

Japanese game studios tell OpenAI to stop pilfering their work

I don't even think it was specific. He just hates everything European with a passion.

EA's AI Game Development Tools Are Apparently So Bad That It's Costing More Money To Fix Their Mistakes A new report suggests that EA's pivot to AI is just causing costly mistakes, and the developers hate it.

If only everyone could have predicted this

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Krafton studio key art image, featuring image slices of some of their IP, and the phrase "create the original, connect the world" at the bottom alongside their company logo

Krafton (PUBG, Subnautica, Tango Gameworks) says it is now an "AI first" company, with automated work, AI-centric HR, management systems, and workflows, in-game AI, and a full company-wide AI infrastructure.

(Krafton press release)

you don't understand. as someone who isn't inherently good at art, stealing paintings from the museum is the *only* way i'm able to express myself creatively. i wouldn't be able to paint beautiful portraits. but by breaking into a museum and stealing the paintings, now i am

Bombs are still falling.
Apartheid is still there.
Occupation is still there.
War criminals are still not on trial.

damning thread on how the IDF's propaganda arm is scraping 3D assets intended for things like games, films, or architectural purposes and kitbashing together supposed hamas bunkers and iranian nuclear sites. a genocide campaign propped up in part by someone's nephew who got too into blender.

Yup

All eyes on the flotilla tonight as they approach Gaza after a full month at sea. Around 40 vessels strong, with hundreds of incredible people onboard from countries all over the world.

Following their progress here: flotilla-orpin.vercel.app

Finally: AI cannot do your job, but an AI salesman can 100% convince your boss to fire you and replace you with an AI that can't do your job, and when the bubble bursts, the money-hemorrhaging "foundation models" will be shut off and we'll lose the AI that can't do your job, and you will be long gone, retrained or retired or "discouraged" and out of the labor market, and no one will do your job. AI is the asbestos we are shoveling into the walls of our society and our descendants will be digging it out for generations:

This whole section really.

The Case Against Generative AI (Part 1) Podcast Episode · Better Offline · 09/30/2025 · 25m

Here’s part 1 of our four-part Better Offline case against generative AI. I walk you through how generative AI is sold through a complete misunderstanding of the concept of labor - and myth-building by companies like NVIDIA and OpenAI.

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Another WTF is that apparently you can only talk about your depression/suicidal thoughts/eating disorder if it's part of your "recovery". What if you have not recovered yet/not even close to that? Shut up and stop existing?

I get tired of repeating myself, but fictional depictions of crimes are not the same as the real crimes and don't mean you approve of those crimes.
Also WTF is this thing with "no depictions of dangerous stunts". Are action games/movies also too dangerous now?

The playbook is Palestine. Always been. If the fascists can convince you to look away, to stay quiet, to weigh the odds, to hesitate on speaking up -- about literal genocide -- the fascists can get away with anything.

All they have to do is lie loudly, retract quietly, and do crimes relentlessly.

Nobody, and I emphasize, nobody should go to the US. If you're games industry, I promise you that there are better events everywhere else.

Left and Right: Grenade recovered aboard Alma. Centre: Israeli smoke grenade. The grenade fuze seen is consistent with the construction of Israeli grenade fuzes, but these features are not exclusive, according to experts. The grenade found at Alma appears to have a similar green paint. The peripheral protection for the split pin is circled in white. The external clip for the safety pin is circled in red. (Credit: Mauricio Morales/Al Jazeera; Israel Police; Facebook/العشرية السوداء)

We found no visible markings confirming the source of the munition. On the remnant, an external clip for the safety pin ring-pull and a peripheral protection for the split pin are present. Dr Jenzen-Jones said "These features are common, but not exclusive, to some models of Israeli hand grenades."

Incendiary Munitions Strike Gaza-bound Flotilla Two Nights in a Row - bellingcat On September 8 and 9, two vessels of the Gaza-bound Global Sumud Flotilla (GSF) were attacked outside the port of Sidi Bou Said in Tunisia. Bellingcat analysed footage and images from both incidents. ...

The largest aid flotilla in history has been attacked twice in two days whilst in port in Tunisia. Open source analysis suggests an incendiary munition is to blame, contradicting official statements. www.bellingcat.com/news/2025/09...

No more appropriate way for the UKs genocidal government to respond to a Banksy piece condemning the abuse of the judicial and police system to protect said genocide than by abusing the judicial and policing system to remove the Banksy piece condemning the abuse of the judicial and police system.

Reports of an attack, allegedly by a drone, on a vessel in the Global Sumud Flotilla (GSF), while anchored outside the port of Sidi Bou Said in Tunisia. The below video shows the moment of the incident. Keep it in mind when you read the next post. www.instagram.com/reel/DOXaR_M...

If you don't want to respect the laws, justice must be done, and if you continue, you don't have access to the market, that's all.

It's not the US who will decide for us. We already have to suffer the consequences of their political choices without having our say.

Regulation, or nothing.

That's right but not what I meant.

Or rather, they should have stayed there.

US to stop Palestinians attending UN meeting in New York The decision comes as France leads international efforts to recognise a Palestinian state at the UN meeting next month.

The United Nations is dead, Israel has murdered it, and the United States supplied the knife. In case you ever wanted to see how Israel's evil will eventually harm you, this is how it continues.

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Using AI for concept art is like: “I want to come up with something no-one has ever seen before, so I’m going to use this machine that can only regurgitate existing stuff after blending it into a lumpy paste.”

Arkane dev calls out Microsoft for silence over open letter protesting IDF ties

Angry Goose chase comic, with the captions: "By far the biggest expense when making games is salaries." "Whose salaries ?" "WHOSE SALARIES YOU WANNABE LOUIS XVI?!"