AI policy
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AI policy is a page (or section like on an about page or homepage) that describes the site owner’s policy about use of AI (typically LLMs or other GenAI) on their site, and sometimes an explicit part of a contribution policy to a community effort such as a blogging challenge.
IndieWeb Examples
AI policies on personal websites are typically posted at /ai-policy or /ai, sometimes part of an about page.
- https://reillyspitzfaden.com/ai-policy/
- https://michaelkupietz.com/ai-policy/
- https://gregorlove.com/about/#ai (also gregorlove.com/ai redirects there)
Joe Crawford added his own /ai slash page in late 2025.
Ricardo Mendes AI page https://rmendes.net/ai/ and declares optional AI metadata information on every post via JSON-LD- https://brennan.day/ai/
- https://thamara.co.uk/ai
- https://onlinegoddess.net/ai-statement/
V.H. Belvadi has his policy at https://vhbelvadi.com/ai
in general:
- https://slashai.page is an open directory of websites with AI policies, also available in a Google Doc (found via https://slashpages.net/)
Community Examples
- Blaugust 2026 contribution policy (see initial blog post)
IndieWeb Community Examples
- wikifying#Do_not_copy_from_LLM_generated_text
- https://events.indieweb.org/2026/08/homebrew-website-club-asia-pacific-k2R3yMsm9xD4 "Requirements" notes
AI-assisted technology such as transcribing or recording tools are not allowed during these meetings.
More examples
- Tim Bray has guidance on how he uses AI in the "Principles" section of his website Colophon:
The words here are not AI-generated. Exceptions occur only as examples in discussions of AI-related issues and are clearly labeled.
I edit pictures with software which advertises its use of AI, for example in operations such as “Select sky” and “Denoise”. However, I claim that none of the pictures are in any way AI-generated.
Platform Examples
- Artificial Intelligence section of art silo ArtStation’s terms of service
- 2026-09-02 : ArtStation Should Put Artists First
- Codeberg has introduced prohibitions on LLM-generated projects
- 2026-07-23 : Protecting our FLOSS commons from LLMs
- Sourcehut prohibits original content written with or which facilitates the use of LLMs
- PixelFed code documentation reads "AI-generated contributions are not accepted."
Pull requests, patches, documentation, translations, issues, or other contributions that are substantially generated by generative AI or large language models will not be accepted. Contributors are expected to understand, author, and take responsibility for the work they submit.[1]
2026-09-28 : README.md
Articles & Blogposts
- 2025-11-03 : No means no
Incidents
Brainstorming
Brainstorming HWC policy
We do not allow use of AI-based transcription, recording, and note-taking tools during Homebrew Website Club, except for accessibility purposes, in which case we are happy to make accommodations. This applies to both the Zoom and Etherpad. If you breach this policy, we will ask you to leave the session, and we will inform other event organisers of the incident. If you would like or require closed captioning, please let the event organiser know before the call or when you join so we can make sure this is set up in Zoom for you.
- James would use such a policy on both HWC event listings on events.indieweb.org, and also call it out any time a new participant joins a meeting.
- Does this mean closed captioning is not available either? It might fall under their umbrella of "transcription" but this support page looks like it may be separate. If it's possible to allow captioning without broader AI/LLM usage, I would be in favor.
gRegor Morrill 15:24, 5 August 2026 (PDT)
- I just made an edit based on this comment to clarify we can set up transcription in Zoom. Let me know if the language makes sense / reads well!
capjamesg
- The language is decent, though it comes after some strong language that sounds like a zero tolerance policy, so it might be missed (or may be ambiguous with "transcription" vs "closed caption"). I also think if it's disabled at the Zoom account level, it's not something that can be turned on once the meeting has started. I would be interested in running some tests with the two different options "Automated captions on device" vs "Automated captions" gRegor Morrill 09:38, 6 August 2026 (PDT)
- I have just softened the opening sentence -- open to thoughts! capjamesg
- 👍 looks good! gRegor Morrill 09:50, 20 August 2026 (PDT)
- 👍 looks good!
- The language is decent, though it comes after some strong language that sounds like a zero tolerance policy, so it might be missed (or may be ambiguous with "transcription" vs "closed caption"). I also think if it's disabled at the Zoom account level, it's not something that can be turned on once the meeting has started. I would be interested in running some tests with the two different options "Automated captions on device" vs "Automated captions"
- I just made an edit based on this comment to clarify we can set up transcription in Zoom. Let me know if the language makes sense / reads well!
- Does this mean closed captioning is not available either? It might fall under their umbrella of "transcription" but this support page looks like it may be separate. If it's possible to allow captioning without broader AI/LLM usage, I would be in favor.
