Godot will no longer accept AI-written code contributions

Godot Foundation, the open-source game engine, recently announced that it is revising its contribution policy to address reviewer fatigue caused by a surge in AI-generated code (AI slop).

The key changes are as follows:

• Ban on submitting Pull Requests (PRs) via AI-written code and AI agents
• Ban on using AI-generated text in communication between humans (however, machine translation of human-written original text is allowed)
• Prior disclosure is required when using AI tools, and their use is limited to a purely assistive role

The Foundation pointed out that AI cannot be held accountable for code, and that the process of reviewing AI-generated code undermines the existing educational value of nurturing new contributors. The policy is expected to be further updated in the future to strengthen accountability for human contributors.