Godot Tightens Rules on AI-Contributed Code

For practitioners: stricter contribution rules in prominent open-source projects change reviewer workloads and contributor workflows, raising verification and onboarding costs for maintainers and newcomers. The Godot Foundation announced on 30 June 2026 that it is updating its contribution policies to add a stricter policy on AI contributions, including a ban on "autonomous AI agent use or vibe coding," a prohibition on AI generating "substantial pieces of code," acceptance of AI assistance limited to "menial things (like code completion, regex, or find and replace)," and a requirement that "all PRs must be reviewed and approved by a human before merging" (Godot Foundation blog post). Coverage from PC Gamer and GamingOnLinux frames the change as a response to rising volumes of low-quality, AI-generated pull requests and community "AI slop" complaints (PC Gamer; GamingOnLinux).