# As the controversy around AI-created video game copies continues, Anthropic seemingly restricts Claude’s cloning abilities

- URL: https://talkfuse.com/story/as-the-controversy-around-ai-created-video-game-copies-continues-anthropic-seemingly-restricts-claudes-cloning-abilities/
- Published: 2026-11-04T02:06:24+00:00
- Updated: 2026-11-04T03:35:35+00:00
- Original publisher: Eurogamer
- Original article: https://www.eurogamer.net/anthropic-claude-generative-ai-game-clones-update
- Topics: AI, Entertainment, Gaming, Software, Technology

## Key points

- Claude appears to block requests to copy specific games.
- Original games and users’ own assets remain allowed.
- Similar restrictions are not yet widespread across AI tools.

## Summary

Anthropic has seemingly restricted Claude from recreating specific existing video games, adding a rule that allows original games and projects based on users’ own designs and assets. The change comes amid growing criticism of AI-generated game copies and matters because Claude is a widely used commercial AI tool.

The rule, reportedly added around 27 October, says Claude should not make a copy even if it is renamed or described as original. Anthropic staff member Addy Osmani confirmed the change and said using Claude to infringe intellectual property breaches its usage policy. Users have reported being blocked from making board-game modules and personal recreations; Anthropic has not issued a formal statement, and other AI tools may still allow such copies.

## Coverage

- [Eurogamer: As the controversy around AI-created video game copies continues, Anthropic seemingly restricts Claude’s cloning abilities](https://www.eurogamer.net/anthropic-claude-generative-ai-game-clones-update)
- [The Verge: Anthropic clamps down on Claude’s AI video game clones](https://www.theverge.com/ai-artificial-intelligence/1024632/anthropic-claude-ai-video-game-clones)

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