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VRChat Declines AI Usage Labels Despite 95 Percent Survey Support
VRChat published "Where we're landing on AI in VRChat" on Thursday, October 29, a follow-up to its October 7 statement on generative AI worlds.
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Why it matters
VRChat is treating the thumbnail as the problem rather than the generator, which keeps AI-built worlds in the catalogue while handing disclosure duty to a rating system the surveyed users did not ask for.
Key Facts
- VRChat published "Where we're landing on AI in VRChat" on Thursday, October 29, Japan time.
- The statement follows VRChat's October 7 position on generative AI-made worlds.
- VRChat said it will not introduce labels indicating AI usage.
- VRChat plans a high and low rating system for worlds and will expand world preview images from one to several.
- OpenAI's GPT-6 Astra, released in September, can operate 3DCG software such as Blender and build 3D spaces.
The platform said it will not add labels marking AI use, even though 95 percent of survey respondents said such labels were necessary. Instead it points to its guideline update requiring worlds not be misleading, and it plans a high and low rating system for worlds plus multiple preview images in place of one thumbnail.
Bait thumbnails predate generative AI on VRChat. A world's basic information is a description, tags and one thumbnail image, and users frequently report entering a space that looks nothing like the picture. Generative tools made that faster. The arrival of OpenAI's GPT-6 Astra in September, which can drive 3DCG software such as Blender and build 3D spaces, put AI-built worlds into the catalogue as well. English-speaking users responded with a "NO AI" group, asking worlds that avoid AI to display its logo. VRChat's answer is a high and low rating system for worlds and several preview images instead of one.
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