AI is mass decompiling games: both a boon and a threat

Indie developer Popcar described a wave of AI-powered decompilation of existing games, enabling odd mashups and a boom in game preservation projects that run old titles in browsers via WebAssembly. But the same tools let anyone decompile and reuse any software without permission, threatening the entire tech industry.

• AI decompilation speeds up porting and preserving old games
• Projects run in browsers via WebAssembly
• Any paid software can be open-sourced against its owner's will
• Companies can steal competitors' code with no way to stop them