Nexus Mods, the world's largest mod site and more or less a second home for anyone who's ever installed a Bethesda game, has new rules regarding AI-generated and AI-assisted mods on its platform. In short, it's taking a Steam-ish approach: no outright bans on AI content, but it's compulsory to disclose where it's been used in your mods, and to what extent.

"An outright ban will not eliminate AI from the modding process but will prevent people from mentioning its use", wrote Nexus owner Victor 'Foledinho' Folmann in an update yesterday. "We'd prefer the opposite; it should be out in the open, clearly labelled, and regulated according to the rules that we can implement on our platform".

So, starting yesterday, modders uploading new projects to Nexus will have to tick a box declaring how much AI was used in their work, including promotional materials. They can declare their mods "AI-generated", which is to say mostly produced by AI; "AI assisted", for mods that are mostly human-made with a little LLM assistance on the side; or declare them free of the tech's touch altogether.

"AI assisted" modders will also have to make public explanations as to where and how AI has been used, in addition to the box-ticking. The tags will be shown more prominently—right after adult-content tags.

Meanwhile, Nexus itself is pledging never to use mods to train AI or to sell them to third parties that want to do so. The site is also introducing new permissions that will let authors declare whether they are open to (non-Nexus) parties using their creations for AI use and training, with the default being "Ask Me".

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