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Anthropic's Claude AI blocks video game cloning and reverse-engineering
Anthropic's Opus 5.5 model blocking attempts at videogame recreation — users also claim their non-malicious generic reverse-engineering tasks are block
What the coverage shows
Both outlets frame the update as Claude being made less willing to reproduce existing video games, and both mention blocking cloning or recreation attempts. Tom's Hardware is the only one to add user claims that even generic, non-malicious reverse-engineering tasks are being blocked, while Engadget alone says users can still use Claude for original or genre-based game design.
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