Free browser game 'Frontier Lab Tycoon' satirizes AI lab life, built with Claude models
nptacek · x · 2026-10-03
Developer @sheherenow released Frontier Lab Tycoon, a free management sim where you run a frontier AI lab. Mechanics riff on industry tropes: swarm sandbox escapes, hyper-competitive model releases, safety audits, researchers getting dragged on Twitter, models cloned instantly, luddite protests and more.
Built with Opus 5.5 + Sonnet 5.5 alongside EffectTS, XState and other tools, it's completely free to play.
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