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 > [!CAUTION]
 > Uploading complete data breaches to Seclists is not allowed. You may only upload the passwords obtained from a data breach as long as you do **not** upload any PII (Personally Identifiable Information) that could link those passwords back to any specific user.
 
+## Use of AI in contributions
+
+SecLists is expected to contain real payloads based on real evidence. AI hallucinations go against this expectation. As such, **contributions made using AI in any way are strictly prohibited**. Reviews take time, and reviewing PRs which are thousands of lines long which were made in seconds by an LLM is an extreme expenditure of developer time.
+
 ## Contributing
 
 If you have any ideas for things we should include, please use ONE of the following methods to submit them: