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Hooded Horse CEO details 'whack-a-mole' fight against AI wikis

1 Oct 27 6:00 AM · 15d ago · 2 articles · 1 post · 3 sources · development 1 of 3

Tim Bender describes how Hooded Horse, which builds its own fan wikis, has to compete with AI-generated sites like one run by GameDB, a network covering 20+ games whose creator admitted to using generative AI.

Hooded Horse CEO details 'whack-a-mole' fight against AI wikis
eurogamer.net

“[Generative AI] enables a run of basically commercial enterprises to mass produce and try to flood the search engine results of games to soak up their traffic”

Tim Bender

Jay Castello Eurogamer journalistTim Bender CEO, Hooded Horse (game publisher)GameDB Operator of an AI-generated wiki network covering 20+ gamesFlamingMojo Member, Independent Game Wiki Network

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  1. 2 outlets AI fan wikis riddled with errors are muddying the waters of an already contested part of games culture

    first by Eurogamer.net, 15d ago · also Eurogamer

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