Nexus Mods Requires AI Disclosure on New Mod Uploads

Nexus Mods is making it compulsory for people who upload new mods to state if artificial intelligence played a part in creating them, according to The Verge. The PC gaming repository announced the rule in a post about AI-generated content on its platform, written by site owner Victor Folmann, who goes by the name Foledinho.

Folmann explained that users have repeatedly raised the issue of AI use going unmentioned when a mod is created. He noted that the platform already carries tags for mods that are AI-generated or AI-assisted, but said the team accepts it can do far more to present that information in a way that is easy to find and understand.

Under the new rules, any mod marked as AI-assisted must also carry a public note explaining where and how AI contributed. Labels about AI will be displayed more visibly on mod pages.

Folmann said the platform supports human creativity but has decided against prohibiting AI-generated mods outright. He argued that AI now features across the entire creation process, from completing scripts to producing textures, voices and whole assets, which makes a clear line between acceptable and unacceptable use hard to draw. A ban, he wrote, would not remove AI from modding but would simply stop people from admitting they used it. He said the site would rather have such use visible, labelled and governed by rules it can apply.

Nexus Mods also pledged that mods will not be used to train AI, and that it will not sell or license them to anyone who does so. The company is also developing better ways for authors to control how their work is reused elsewhere, and is improving credit when one mod draws on another author's mod with the right permissions.

The platform is adjusting its Recently Added section as well. Folmann said some authors upload many mods in one go, pushing others down the page, and that this is happening more often as mod production accelerates. The changes include limits on how many mods from a single author appear at once and stricter rules for uploads from new accounts. Tools to hide AI-generated content on game pages and the homepage are launching, with search to follow.

Authors have 60 days to bring existing mods into line. That grace period closes on January 2nd, after which enforcement begins.