Shaun Prescott

Shaun Prescott is the Australian editor of PC Gamer. He writes about the games industry and PC games and has contributed to publications including GamesRadar, TechRadar and The Guardian.

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Statements by Shaun Prescott

Shaun Prescott

Role at the time: PC Gamer Australian editor

Defended or excused

Statement summary

Prescott argues that Steam's release volume and uncertainty about AI provenance help explain its disclosure rule. He disputes treating the rule as proof that Valve opposes all AI use.

“the AI disclosure starts to look a whole lot more sensible.”
Open source (opens in a new tab)Prescott defends Steam AI labels as a response to scale and legal uncertaintyAI-disclosure discussion before the revenue charts
Why we used this label

The reference point is Steam's AI disclosure labels, the policy Sweeney criticizes. On this case, statements supporting the labels are marked as defending them and statements rejecting them as condemning them. Prescott says the disclosure looks sensible given Steam's volume and the legal uncertainty, which supports the labels.

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