Nexus Mods makes AI disclosure mandatory and adds a user filter

Nexus Mods is making AI disclosure mandatory on new uploads and giving users a way to hide machine-generated mods from search, while keeping those mods on the platform.

The site will still accept AI-assisted and AI-generated mods. Co-owner Foledinho put the stance in plain terms: “We are pro-human creativity.” The same announcement rules out an outright ban. The stated reason is practical: AI already shows up across mod work, from script autocompletion to textures, voices, and full assets, so drawing a clean line between acceptable and unacceptable use is hard. A ban, Foledinho argued, would not remove AI from the pipeline; it would only stop people from saying they used it. The preferred path is disclosure in the open, labeled, and held to rules the platform can actually enforce.¹

Seen it before: the catalog stays open, the labels get louder, and the filter becomes the real control surface.

On upload, authors must declare whether AI was used. The disclosure options cover mods that are primarily AI-generated, work only assisted by AI, and AI-generated promotional material. Authors also have to post a public explanation of how and where AI entered the work. That setup tracks the kind of AI labeling already familiar on Steam, with one clear difference on Nexus: users who want none of it can filter AI-generated content out of their searches entirely. “Some of you would prefer not to see any AI-generated content, and that’s your decision to make,” Foledinho said.¹

Existing mods get a 60-day grace period running from November 3 to January 2, 2027. After that window, the site will start direct enforcement. Authors will be notified and asked to fix missing disclosures or permission settings. Continued failure can bring moderator action, including account restrictions or removal from Nexus Mods. Foledinho was blunt that not every author will disclose even with the new rules; the bet is that clear moderation standards will push more of them to be upfront.¹

What you should do: if you publish on Nexus, plan the disclosure fields and the public explanation before the grace period ends. If you only browse, watch for the new AI filter in search once it lands and set it to match what you want to see.

Nexus has said enforcement notices and fixes come next once the grace period closes.

Our read: Label-and-filter is the grown-up version of a ban when the tool is already in every step of the pipeline. The 60-day clock and the removal threat give the policy teeth; whether authors actually fill in honest explanations is the part the rules cannot guarantee, only punish after the fact.

Footnotes

1. GamesRadar, “Nexus Mods introduces “mandatory” AI disclosures and lets users filter out machine-generated mods”. Retrieved November 3, 2026. ↩ ↩² ↩³