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Open-source game engine Godot will no longer accept AI-authored code contributions

Godot will no longer accept AI-authored code contributions

Godot maintainers will reject AI-authored code contributions, arguing that heavy AI users often don't understand their own code well enough to fix it. The project worries that AI-generated patches look correct but hide bugs, undermining long-term maintenance. The post doesn't specify the effective date or which detection tools are used.

Why it matters: Godot is a major open-source project in the game engine space. Its maintainers publicly rejecting AI-authored code contributions, with a concrete reason (contributors don't understand their own code and can't fix bugs), is directly relevant to the AI-assisted coding debate. Sc...

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