VR Chat Community Protests An Influx Of AI Slop Onto Platform, Hurting Discoverability

The VR Chat community has entered an uproar surrounding the use of Generative AI on the platform, following a volunteer community member’s announcement they will halt their activities in protest at the increasing influx of the technology in popular worlds. With debates on its impact to discovering new communities and the varied opinions on AI within the community on the app, the developers have launched a community policy regarding where to draw the line on generative AI usage in creative and player-facing spaces moving forwards.