RPCS3, the PlayStation 3 emulator, has updated its contribution guidelines to ban autonomous AI agents from submitting code. The project announced the policy on May 11, 2026, in a post on X.
New guidelines require full ownership of code
Under the new rules, contributors must fully own and understand all code they submit, even if they used AI tools for research. Pull requests created by AI agents must disclose the scope of AI involvement and describe the human testing performed. Repeated violations will result in a ban from the repository.
The project also issued a blunt message to those who submit AI-generated code without proper oversight. RPCS3 said it will block users who ignore the guidelines and urged them to learn to debug and code instead of peddling slop.
The policy applies to all contributions on GitHub. RPCS3 has not clarified whether the ban extends to other forms of AI assistance, such as code completion tools, that do not autonomously generate pull requests.
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