Itch.io removes terabytes of AI spam and expands disclosure
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Itch.io confirmed it has removed terabytes of AI-generated games and assets from the platform, saying much of it was spam. The platform says the number of new game pages created daily has doubled over the past two months, but purchases and downloads have not grown in tandem. The disclosure requirement has been extended to tabletop games, books, comics, and soundtracks; pages in these categories must complete generative AI disclosure when created or edited; AI disclosure filters have also been added to search results pages and elsewhere, along with a "No AI" tag for players to filter out works that use AI.
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- Hacker News AIItch.io deletes terabytes of all the AI game and asset slop spam
Itch.io confirmed it has begun removing thousands of AI-generated games and assets, saying it "just deleted a couple terabytes of AI slop" as game pages doubled in two months while purchases and downloads did not. The storefront has extended AI disclosure requirements to tabletop games, books, comics and soundtracks, added generative AI disclosure filtering to more places including search results, and offers a "No AI" tag for filtering.
- Hacker News AIItch.io adding Generative AI disclosure filtering to few more places on the site
Itch.io announced it is adding Generative AI disclosure filtering to a few more places on the site, according to a post on its Bluesky account. The announcement was shared on Hacker News, where it received 9 points and 2 comments.
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