Nexus Mods Officially Adds AI Disclosures And Preferences

Published Nov 4, 2026, 6:10 AM EST James Lucas is an Executive Editor at TheGamer who has worked in professional journalism since 2018. A Newcastle University graduate with a degree in Journalism, Media, and Culture, they have written hundreds of guides, news stories, and original reports, with bylines in IGN, NME, GaymingMag, and VG247, sourcing interviews with studio heads, legendary industry figures, prominent actors, and more. An expert on FPS games, Soulslikes, RPGs, and survival horror, James has intimate knowledge of a wide variety of titles, providing in-depth coverage and exclusive profiles. Some of the games they have extensively covered include: Half-Life, Counter-Strike, Elden Ring, and Fallout. They pride themselves on their consistently thorough research, leveraging nearly a decade of industry experience. You can reach them at James.t@thegamer.com AI has wormed its way into every facet of life. You can't go five minutes without your Gen X parents being duped by the most obvious deepfakes on Facebook; gaming isn't exempt. I could go on a tirade about all the ways in which the industry has buckled under a sewage pipe of generative slop, but the most upsetting impact is that even the collaborative spirit of fan-made mods is being outsourced to machines. Thankfully, the world's biggest mod platform, Nexus, is taking a stand. "It's no secret that there's been a lot of discussion about AI in the modding community, and in particular our stance on it," site owner Victor 'Foledinho' posted. "The topic is certainly a complex one; we received numerous comments from you guys, and we saw it debated in our Discord channels, comment sections on the site, and even across social media. From the discussions we've had and what we've seen, the issue ranges from the potential use of mods, to avoiding AI-generated content during mod browsing, and seeing AI as a tool that can make modding more accessible. All of those are legitimate concerns worthy of discussion." AI Disclosures Combat Vibecoding, AI-Assisted Development, And AI-Generated Thumbnails Nexus assured that it is "pro-human creativity", but it will not ban AI-generated mods. Instead, it's adopting a similar model to Steam, with mandatory disclosures, including a public explanation of where AI was used, ensuring that players have a more thorough understanding of what they're downloading. However, the team is going a step further than Steam by allowing you to filter out AI mods altogether, with three new content preferences: AI-generated: vibecoded mods where generative tools are used to produce the majority of code, UI, voices, dialogue, translations, music, or other assets. AI assisted: content with "limited" AI involvement, such as concept art not present in the final mod. AI media: thumbnails, promotional art, videos, or mod page text generated with AI. "Some of you would prefer not to see any AI-generated content, and that’s your decision to make," Foledinho said. "We’re refining content preference tools so you can enable this control directly from game pages and the homepage, rather than having to find it in the settings. Next up, we'll bring these controls into search and the way mods are displayed on game homepages. "In addition, we’ve received feedback regarding authors uploading numerous mods at once and overwhelming the Recently Added section, pushing everyone else down the page," they continued. "This is less of an issue related to AI, but it’s becoming much more prevalent as mod production is speeding up. Thus, we’re trying out limits on the number of mods from one author that can be shown in this section to give others a better chance of getting noticed. We’re also putting tighter restrictions on uploads from newly created accounts. The first of these updates will be available soon." Nexus Mods Is Putting Together Specialized Teams To Handle All That Pesky AI Code Secretly Housing Malware AI isn't just slop, though. Often, vibecoded projects have worse security or outright hide malicious code. Adding mandatory disclosures will help players to avoid AI-generated mods, and thus less secure mods, but the Nexus team is also investing in security tools and specialized staff specifically to handle Trojans. Already, it has manually reviewed over 3,000 mods, with 20,000 quarantined for further security checks. "Where we have concerns about safety or a mod’s undisclosed behavior that remain unresolved, we request source code to help us investigate further," Foledinho explained. "Mod Authors are not obliged to provide it, but we may decline to continue hosting it where those concerns cannot be resolved." Existing mods have two months to implement AI disclosures, and looking ahead, Nexus vows that its policies will continue to evolve alongside AI.