Valve Banned the Use of AI for Content Creation for Dota 2 "The International 2026" Event

Content for bundles will have to be created without the use of modern AI technologies.

It recently became known that Valve decided to restrict the use of artificial intelligence in creating content for the talent bundle (for commentators and analysts) of The International Dota 2 tournament.

Dataminer DOTA_DM published error codes in his Telegram channel and captioned them: "AI won't pass for talents".

Code:

"Your photo was made or edited using Generative AI". "Your autograph was made using Generative AI". "Voiceline {d:voiceline_number} was made using Generative AI"

According to the new moderation rules, developers will not approve content if photos, autographs, or voice lines were created using artificial intelligence:

Code translation:

"Your photo was made or edited using Generative AI" "Your photo was made or edited using Generative AI"/."Your autograph was made using Generative AI"."Voiceline {d:voiceline_number} was made using Generative AI".

This year, The International will take place from August 13 to 23 in Shanghai. 16 teams will compete for the championship title, with a starting prize pool of $1.6 million.