Valve 'Thinking About How to Solve' Steam's AI Slop Problem, but Won't Limit Developer Access

At Steam Indie Connect in Korea, Valve addressed the flood of generative AI slop games and AI clones on Steam, saying it is still working out how to handle the problem. Valve's Tom Giardino said the company doesn't want to be a gatekeeper telling developers which tools to use, ruling out cutting off access. Marc Wilkinson said Next Fest recommendations are fully random for the first two days before personalization kicks in, and that some low-quality games getting exposed is a known trade-off.