AI Bots Rapidly Exploit Client-Side Game Logic
Browser games with client-side scoring logic are trivially exploited by AI agents that read source code and optimize directly against scoring formulas, outperforming human players within hours of launch. Moving to server-side architecture helps but the cat-and-mouse continues.
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