Apps & Software · Oct 14, 2026
AI is a game piracy renaissance, and it puts emulation as a whole in an awkward position
Reverse engineering tools accelerate fan remakes while legal and ethical lines around assets and DRM blur.

Modern generative AI is like a force of nature, it seems. Sometimes it does things that are good for us, like solving a 50-year-old grand challenge in protein folding. Other times, it might be bad for us, such as the environmental issues around data centers, or how it can supercharge malware.