"VRChat" Updates Creator Guidelines: Bans AI-Generated Misleading Maps/Character Thumbnails; Has Not Yet Decided to Launch "AI Label" Disclosures

The official guidelines explicitly prohibit using AI to generate maps or character thumbnails that do not match the actual content, stating that AI has lowered the publishing threshold and spawned a large volume of low-quality content. Internal attitudes toward AI are divided, and there have been incidents where placeholder AI assets were mistakenly published. The platform remains open to an AI label but has not committed to launching one yet.