Indie game marketplace Itch.io got taken down due to a faulty Funko AI

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Indie game marketplace Itch.io got taken down due to a faulty Funko AI
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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.

Itch.io, a popular indie game marketplace, was down yesterday and today because of Funko , according to an X post shared by Itch.io. Itcho.io claims that the company behind Funko Pops uses “some trash AI-powered” software that generated a “bogus phishing report” to the site’s registrar. Although Itch.io responded, the registrar still disabled the domain. Itch.io believes the site was taken down by an automated system.

Recommended Videos I kid you not, @itchio has been taken down by @OriginalFunko because they use some trash "AI Powered" Brand Protection Software called @BrandShieldltd that created some bogus Phishing report to our registrar, @iwantmyname, who ignored our response and just disabled the domain Please enable Javascript to view this content Itch.io did clarify that the page that set off the phishing report has been taken down.

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