THE CRUNCH
Nexus Mods, the largest repository for PC game mods, is making AI disclosure mandatory for newly uploaded mods. Authors will have to declare whether AI has been used in their work, and anything tagged as AI-assisted must include a public explanation of how and where AI was used. AI tags will also be made more prominent on mod pages.
Site owner Victor Folmann explained the reasoning in an announcement post: AI is now woven through the whole creation process, from script autocompletion to generated textures, voices and full assets, so drawing a line between acceptable and unacceptable use is difficult. An outright ban, he argued, would not remove AI from modding but would simply stop people mentioning it. The site's preference is for AI use to be out in the open, clearly labelled and regulated under platform rules.
That said, the policy stops short of prohibition. Nexus Mods describes itself as "pro-human creativity" but will not ban AI-generated mods outright. The site has also committed to not using uploaded mods to train AI and to refusing any sale or licensing of them for that purpose.
The policy is not immediate: mod authors have 60 days to update their existing mods to meet the requirements, with the grace period ending on 2 January before enforcement begins. Alongside the AI rules, the site is tightening how mods are reused and credited, working on clearer controls over permissions when one author's mod builds on another's. It is also adjusting the Recently Added section, limiting how many mods from a single author appear at once and restricting uploads from new accounts, because bulk uploading is pushing other mods down the page as mod production speeds up.