{
  "id": 17947964,
  "title": "itch.io will soon let you filter games with genAI disclosures out of your search results on the site, after admitting it was previously \"critically lacking\"",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/11/03/itch-io-will-soon-let-you-filter-games-with-genai-disclosures-out-of",
  "topic": "tech",
  "section": "Tech",
  "published": "2026-11-03T10:12:22.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Rock Paper Shotgun",
    "slug": "rock-paper-shotgun",
    "url": "https://www.rockpapershotgun.com/itchio-will-soon-let-you-filter-games-with-genai-disclosures-out-of-your-search-results-on-the-site-after-admitting-it-was-previously-critically-lacking"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "itch.io has unfortunately, much like Steam, long had an issue with genAI content being uploaded in droves, drowning out perfectly good games made by human hands. The apparent standard method against this, voluntary genAI disclosure, has been itch's primary tool to combat this wave of low-quality slop, but hasn't worked out too well; itch revealed a few days ago that ' the number of game pages…",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 1,
    "also_reported_by": []
  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}