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On Epic's 3D asset marketplace Fab (and its sister site Sketchfab), sellers are required to label content made with AI tools. Epic also uses automated detection to find unlabeled AI-generated assets — and can apply the label itself if a seller hasn't done so. This policy was introduced after a flood of tens of thousands of AI-generated models overwhelmed the marketplace in 2025.
Details
In May 2025, the Fab marketplace was inundated when a single seller uploaded more than 41,000 AI-generated 3D models, many without the required disclosure label. Epic's Senior Director Sjoerd De Jong announced in an official forum post that the company was enforcing mandatory AI disclosure during the publishing process, deploying automated detection tools to flag undisclosed AI-generated assets, imposing daily upload limits to prevent spam, and empowering staff to assign the "CreatedWithAI" tag to assets themselves. The offending account was removed. Sketchfab followed in December 2025 with a similar mandatory disclosure requirement, explicitly stating that its systems may automatically apply the "CreatedWithAI" label if AI generation is detected. The Loci acquisition (Practice 7) provides the underlying computer vision technology for 3D similarity detection used to support this enforcement. ArtStation separately implemented user-facing filters allowing artists to hide AI-labeled artwork from search results in January–February 2023.
Products affected
FabSketchfabArtStation
Sources & Evidence
News Article
Other practices by Epic Games
OtherAfter widespread protests from artists in December 2022, Epic's portfolio platform ArtStation introduced a "NoAI" label that artists can apply to their work to signal they do not want it used in AI training datasets. Epic also updated its terms of service to commit that it will not use or license any ArtStation content — labeled or not — for AI training purposes.OtherEpic provides a plugin for Unreal Engine 5 that lets game developers train AI-controlled characters and agents by having them learn through trial and error — similar to how a person gets better at a task by practicing. The tool, called Learning Agents, launched as an experimental feature with Unreal Engine 5.3 in September 2023 and is aimed at developers, not players.OtherUnreal Engine 5 supports NVIDIA's DLSS technology, which uses AI to make games run more smoothly on compatible graphics cards by generating additional frames and sharpening images — without the full processing cost of rendering everything natively. Epic has also integrated NVIDIA's ACE tools, which give developers AI-powered options for animating digital human faces and generating NPC speech.
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