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Godot will no longer accept AI-authored code contributions

Hacker News · Jul 1, 2026, 7:43 AM

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  • At risk of drowning in AI slop code, Godot is firming up its contribution requirements.
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  • Today, after months of discussion, the Godot Foundation and its maintainers are drawing a line in the sand.

At risk of drowning in AI slop code, Godot is firming up its contribution requirements.

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(Image credit: Godot Foundation, Getty Images) Copy link Facebook X Whatsapp Reddit Pinterest Flipboard Email Share this article 1 Join the conversation Follow us Add us as a preferred source on Google Newsletter Subscribe to our newsletter Godot has been suffering from a slop problem. In February, the maintainers of the open source game engine, which powers games like Slay the Spire 2 and The Case of the Golden Idol, said they were deliberating how to address a rising tide of AI slop pull requests, which had become "increasingly draining and demoralizing" for the project's code reviewers.

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