decomp.dev shuts down amid concerns that AI-assisted decompiling has made video game reverse engineering too easy
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The decomp.dev video game reverse-engineering community shut down, citing that AI-assisted decompiling has made the process too easy and disrupted human-led collaboration. Coverage links the shutdown to a broader increase in AI-driven game decompiling, including WebAssembly-based ports that enable older games to run in browsers, raising preservation and copyright-control concerns.