GoKawiilEpic Games files DMCA takedown against AI-built Fortnite clone
Epic Games issued a Digital Millennium Copyright Act takedown notice this month against a browser-based Fortnite port built using AI coding tools, according to Kotaku. The move comes weeks after Bloomberg reported Epic had directed its own developers to lean more heavily on AI tools to finish a delayed Disney collaboration, a directive that reportedly unsettled staff worried about added errors.
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The contrast suggests a double standard: Epic promotes AI coding internally while moving to shut down AI-assisted projects that touch its own intellectual property. Kotaku notes Microsoft has taken similar action against vibe-coded reverse-engineering efforts even as its Activision subsidiary uses AI-generated art in Call of Duty, pointing to a broader pattern among tech firms of embracing AI for their own output while resisting it when used against their products.
- Epic Games issued a DMCA takedown against an AI-built browser port of Fortnite.
- Epic recently told developers to use more AI to finish a delayed Disney collaboration, unsettling staff.
- Microsoft/Activision shows a similar pattern: using AI internally while targeting AI-based reverse engineering of its games.
Source: futurism.com — Victor Tangermann, 2026-10-27
Published there as: “Epic Games Is Suddenly Anti-AI Now That It’s Being Hurt by It”
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