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S&box Update Demotes AI-Generated Thumbnails to Discourage Low-Quality UGC
Facepunch Studios has updated S&box, the successor to Garry's Mod, with a system that penalizes creations using AI-generated thumbnails by ranking them lower in the platform's listings. The move is aimed at combating homogeneous, low-effort content flooding the user-generated platform. Garry's Mod creator Garry Newman acknowledged the inherent challenges of UGC platforms, noting there will always be low-quality submissions, but framed the update as a step toward maintaining content quality.
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s&box’s New Update Punishes AI Slop Content By Ranking It Lower To Discourage Users From 'Making Everything Look Like The Same Sh*t' - Kotaku
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"It's a UGC platform, there is always going to be dog s***" Garry's Mod creator says as S&box's latest update aims to punish AI-generated thumbnails
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What we know
- Facepunch Studios pushed an update to S&box that lowers the ranking of content using AI-generated thumbnails
- The measure is intended to discourage creators from relying on AI imagery that makes all content look visually identical
- Garry Newman acknowledged UGC platforms will always have low-quality content but defended the anti-AI-slop policy
- S&box is the spiritual successor to the long-running sandbox game Garry's Mod
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