Introducing AI Disclosure on DEV: Tools for Nuance, Clarity, and Better Feeds

DEV is introducing AI Disclosure, a feature that lets authors explicitly label AI-assisted or autonomous content, alongside new feed preferences that let readers filter such posts. The platform is also revising its AI guidelines to emphasize transparency and human accountability, with updates timed to Hacktoberfest's focus on open source AI.

We are working on revised DEV AI guidelines for the community to help ensure the most authentic content rises to the top. We will also be launching new features on DEV which put more weight on human curation by community leaders, to further help the best stuff rise to the top. Human connection, authentic discussions, and direct peer-to-peer knowledge sharing remain the heart of our community. At the same time, people are using AI tools to help craft their posts, and to an extent there is allowance for autonomous posting by creatively developed bots — as long as it is done without deception, and we provide tools for authors and readers to navigate this to their desired intentions. To bring transparency and nuance to how content is created and consumed, we’re introducing AI Disclosure on DEV. Disclosure has been part of our AI policy https://dev.to/guidelines-for-ai-assisted-articles-on-dev since we first wrote them. Our AI policy was first crafted in 2024, with some small updates along the way. We will be making updates to this policy with this disclosure feature as a complement to how we can collectively work together as a community. With Hacktoberfest https://hacktoberfest.com/ having a focus on open source AI, we see it as especially important that our tooling and policies are as up-to-date as possible for the benefit of the community and larger ecosystem. When creating or editing an article, authors can now select an explicit AI disclosure tier: We want to provide the right framework for different use cases: Disclosure is not a loophole around our core community standards. Quality, original insight, and human accountability still matter. Transparency is only step one. We are currently building Feed Preferences that will allow you to customize your reading experience—including options to reduce or filter out AI-assisted or autonomous posts from your home feed based on your personal preferences. AI Content in Feed is now an option you can select from in your settings https://dev.to/settings/customization . The ways in which this will affect your feed exactly will be an evolution over time. Of course since our codebase is open source via Forem https://github.com/forem/forem , you are welcome to peruse the implementation exactly. Happy coding