Indie game marketplace Itch.io got taken down due to a faulty Funko AI
Itch.io was offline for a few hours, and it was all due to Funko and an AI tool it uses to generate claims, Itch.io claims.
Indie game marketplace Itch.io goes down as it claims Funko Pop company used "AI-powered" brand protection to create "some bogus phishing report"
Indie game distribution site Itch.io has been offline today, and it has a truly bizarre reason as to why.
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Funko and BrandShield Deny Causing Itch.io Phishing Claim Shutdown
Funko and BrandShield have responded to claims made by Itch.io owner Leaf Corcoran about the site's outage yesterday, and ...
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Funko and BrandShield say it wasn’t their fault itch.io was taken offline, site creator says otherwise
itch.io founder Leaf Corcoran claimed that toy company Funko was using “some trash ‘AI Powered’ Brand Protection Software ...
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Funko issue a statement about the itch.io take-down, while also apparently calling itch founder's mom
I wrote about how the much loved itch.io store got taken down by Funko (as in Funko Pop figures). The situation seems ...
Itch.io went offline due to a ‘trash AI-powered’ phishing report
Indie game storefront Itch.io is currently offline because of what it describes as a bogus phishing report. While the game ...
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Dread toy-peddler Funko Pop gets cool, handsome Itch.io taken offline via dodgy "AI-powered" brand protection
"I kid you not, itch.io has been taken down by Funko of 'Funko Pop' because they use some trash 'AI Powered' Brand Protection ...
Indie Game Platform Itch.io Says Its Domain Was Nuked Due to ‘Trash AI-Powered’ Phishing Report
Itch.io says an AI-powered "brand protection software" sent phishing reports notices to its domain registrar and hosting ...