Three possiblilities:
1. It's just fictional. Probably written by a troll or generated by ChatGPT.
2. Steam refused to publish the game due to some obvious copyright issues (like they told Midjourney to generate superman or one-piece characters)
3. Steam is banning any AI generated assets.
My bet is 1 > 2 > 3.
The internet is flooded with content right now to the effect of "Valve might be doing this thing", but not one of those sources has actually reached out to Valve for comment. Instead they all cite a random commenter on Reddit (or they cite each other).
There are dozens of articles that are just summaries of this reddit thread with no further effort put into them, and that's pretty much the norm these days for a lot of content.
https://arstechnica.com/gaming/2023/06/steam-mods-reportedly...
I wanted to point out that journalists at least check their sources...
Might as well just replace journalists by AI at this point, to a large group of people (me included) they've all made themselves more hated and untrustworthy than a company, economist, politician or civil servant.
So it sounds like OP slapped some half-assed generated images into a game and tried to submit it. Valve now can't really trust someone that does that to have done any due diligence.
"I've been developing a game for a while now, and am near ready to release it on Steam. I'd prefer it not to be associated with my name (as in I'd prefer people googling my name and future employers being unable to find out i developed this game )."
Use copyrighted material in porn that you charge money for and you’ll get slapped with a lawsuit faster than you can load the home screen.
Ask Alex Jones...
from post:
> contains art assets generated by artificial intelligence that appears to be relying on copyrighted material owned by third parties.
So I'm guessing 2
"When a game comes up as problematic, it gets flagged a bunch by steam users, and there's a meeting that takes place where they decide if these things stay on steam"[1].
0: https://store.steampowered.com/app/1853200/TYRONE_vs_COPS/
Not making a verdict either way but I find it interesting. I'd like to know more about the internal discussion(s) that took place to establish their frameworks. Especially given the company is private.
Games with significant Crypto and AI art components bring significant risks to Valve in both legal and social contexts (99.9% of modern crypto-related projects are an intentional scam, and AI art is a legal minefield right now).
On the other hand, violence and pornography are much more accepted by society (in the context of fictional enterntainment).
Besides my already established biases towards AI: It's threatening to creative endeavors, not because it exists, but because it will impact the earning potential of creatives.
If so, the reaction I've seen is quite positive. Very unlikely though.