VRChat Says It Is Not Adding AI Labels Despite User Survey Showing People Want That

VRChat says it will not add AI labels for now, even though 95 percent of respondents in a user survey wanted some form of label to designate AI usage. The company explained the decision in a support post about artificial intelligence on the platform. VRChat is an app for creating and sharing virtual worlds for hosting social interactions.

Survey Results and Label Decision

The support post says VRChat will continue weighing the addition of a label for "Human-authored" content and a "Tools used" field, but it has not adopted a definitive stance. It also says the platform will not add a tag for labeling AI-generated content or for filtering it out of search results. The survey figure cited by the company shows strong user interest in some kind of AI designation.

Concerns About Mislabeling and Harassment

"While we think some creators would honestly label their content, we think others would try to pass off generative or assisted work as completely authored by hand," the game's creators said. "Likewise, we could see this creating 'sleuthing' behavior, where folks would attempt to sniff out 'AI' content or might harass other creators, even if they are genuinely not using any AI tools in their workflow." VRChat said these risks are part of why it is not implementing tags at this time.

Other Changes and Platform Context

Instead, the platform said it would adopt changes that had "alignment across the community," including accurate thumbnails, better discovery tools and "quality as a core metric." The post's language appears to try to satisfy people with many different attitudes toward AI rather than accept a policy that could be unpopular with one group. VRChat has been used in filmmaking and to create safe communities for transgender people, and it has also been accused of hosting toxic and predatory behavior. Engadget's Anna Washenko reported on the post on Oct. 29, 2026.

Sources: Engadget