I mean, offhand, it sounds kind of like FakeSpot (one of Mozilla's unloved and abandoned acquisitions).
I think analyzing patterns in things like reviews is supposed to be something AI is actually good at. Though that's not to say I necessarily trust this implementation of it.
Actually reading reviews is also still important and I agree that summaries should not be placed over them.

Quoting: zerodoggI agree, though I get by with the "denuvo watch" curator, shows up as "Recommended against by Curators you follow" under "Is this game relevant to you?".

Sounds useful, I'm looking for that now!

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Having thought about it more, I would also add that the best way for an organization to become "more trustworthy" in the present is ironically by swearing off/minimizing AI and disclosing any contact with the technology in accessible detail.

Contemporary AI is a black box known to make ridiculous errors (there are more complex reasons to consider the technology untrustworthy, but I don't want to spend too long on this). Even if one was optimistic about the future of AI, it is presently experimental and unreliable.

Saying your company goes through the "extra effort" to do 100% human work is a way to differentiate trustworthiness.

Edit: "Thank you for your trust in me." from the new CEO may as well be the "Thank you for choosing Chrome." in the Google Play patch notes. I didn't "choose" Chrome, I get a system warning if I try to uninstall it. Similarly, I have not in any way put trust in this CEO. I don't appreciate being told I've chosen/trusted someone/something when I had no actual choice.

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Desperately hoping Servo-based (since, IIRC, Servo's browser is a "reference" implementation) browsers with an open and community-serving/supported ethos start rolling out.

"Trusted" software company is a low bar in 2025, and Mozilla is an excellent example of how low that bar is; I do not trust them in the slightest. They suck, and I am nearly as grateful for Waterfox insulating me from their latest whims as I am for Linux insulating me from Microsoft.

I remember Vivaldi's argument for not being open-source as being that they're just a Chromium skin, so someone could just "steal" all their front-end. I have absolutely no intention of using Chromium (where I can avoid it, I know many apps are Chromium-based).

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Kraft will presumably also end their consumer food business to focus on supplying hog farms. Drop the filthy poors to focus on profitable slop!

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Kernel Anti-Cheat is generally a sign of a game you'd be better off not buying/playing in the first place.
Linux users can't play Battlefield 6? Good for them!

The only difficulty is just that sense of exclusion, I think. "Everyone" plays yearly release shooters and the like.
It's like being excluded from TwitX. Yeah, it has a massive presence and you'll see people talking about a service you can't use. But you'll realistically avoid a lot of drama and misery that comes with using it.

Besides, remember why GOL doesn't promote games with AI content: There's an inexhaustible supply of excellent games without AI. The same goes for games without Kernel Anti-Cheat.

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For once, all the acquisition announcement nonsense can at least honestly say that the company shares values with the new ownership.
I'd say good riddance if I believed this would have any negative impact on EA's business beyond the usual self-sabotage.

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Microsoft decided to belatedly compete with a smaller company known for an established digital marketplace by badge-engineering a mediocre imitation of their hardware.

It's just the Zune again.

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The good thing about open source is that if something goes bad, people aren't forced to either stay or replace everything from scratch.

I've been using Firefox-based Waterfox and recommend it. The lead developer has expressed unambiguous contempt for AI search results. I don't think they'll be adding (The Two Most Expensive Vowels in the English Language) anytime soon.

From a "passive" to an "active" experience. Looking into some electronics history, then hearing recent quotes by companies around AI plans to this effect, has convinced me this isn't new. They've just gotten much more powerful tools and strategies for achieving it.

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