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I let my 5-year-old make a game with AI. He picked up coding skills — but needed clear guardrails.

This as-told-to essay is based on a conversation with Lena Hall, a senior director of developer and AI strategy at Akamai Technologies and cofounder of an AI startup. It's been edited for length and ...
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Generative AI in Gaming Is Here, but Facing Pushback From Gamers — and Developers

At GDC 2026, Google trumpeted Gemini-powered games, but the industry still hasn't found must-have uses to win over players and developers. David Lumb is a managing editor for the mobile team, covering ...
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Epic boss Tim Sweeney blasts Steam for putting AI tags on games

He argues that AI tools are just tools, and that developers that use them shouldn't be penalized.
GamesIndustry

This mobile game has been made using AI for a year now – and no one noticed

This article is part of AI Week. For about a year now, all of the content for the mobile game Sunrise Village has been generated by AI. But far from generating a backlash from players, it seems that ...
GamesIndustry

What place will AI have in game development?

This article is part of AI Week. The question of what place AI could and should hold in the games industry is one of the hottest and most divisive topics at the moment. And judging by the posts we ...
Game Rant

Steam Indie Games Are Quickly Becoming AI's Latest Victim

Over the course of the last few years, Steam has become a much tougher proving ground, and indie developers have worn the bruises for it. It has always been intended to be a democratizing storefront, ...
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I let my 5-year-old make a game with AI. He picked up coding skills — but needed clear guardrails.

Lena Hall let his 5-year-old use a voice-based coding tool to build a game.Lena Hall This as-told-to essay is based on a conversation with Lena Hall, a senior director of developer and AI strategy at ...