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What does Steam's Content Survey ask about AI-generated content, what changed in its wording, and what stays inside Steamworks behind login?

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Steamworks documentation (public page, captured 2026-10-22) says the Content Survey has a third section on generative AI that the developer must complete before review. It separates Pre-Generated content (shipped content created with AI tools during development) from Live-Generated content (created while the game runs), and for live-generated content the developer must describe guardrails against illegal output. Valve says it compares survey answers with the build and store page, and that the survey does not replace the content rules. Internet Archive captures show the Pre-Generated definition read "Any kind of content (art/code/sound/etc) created with the help of AI tools during development" at least until 2026-05-13, and by 2026-06-17 it was scoped to content "that ships with your game and is consumed by players", with an added sentence that efficiency gains from built-in AI tools are not the focus. A secondary report dated a rewrite to 16 January 2026; the official page captured ...

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Evidence claims

[sourced_fact] Steamworks documentation (public page, captured 2026-10-22) says the Content Survey has a third section on generative AI that the developer must complete before review. It separates Pre-Generated content (shipped content created with AI tools during development) from Live-Generated content (created while the game runs), and for live-generated content the developer must describe guardrails against illegal output. Valve says it compares survey answers with the build and store page, and that the survey does not replace the content rules. Internet Archive captures show the Pre-Generated definition read "Any kind of content (art/code/sound/etc) created with the help of AI tools during development" at least until 2026-05-13, and by 2026-06-17 it was scoped to content "that ships with your game and is consumed by players", with an added sentence that efficiency gains from built-in AI tools are not the focus. A secondary report dated a rewrite to 16 January 2026; the official page captured on 2026-01-19 still shows the earlier wording. The survey form itself is in the partner site behind login and was not accessed. · locator: candidate evidence excerpts source

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