Rockstar warns IlloJuan over an AI voice-cloning GTA San Andreas mod
Rockstar contacted Spanish streamer IlloJuan over a mod in a GTA San Andreas series that used AI to recreate the voices of Ibai, Knekro and Spain’s prime minister.
Rockstar's new mod guidelines have their first high-profile enforcement case, and it comes from Spain. In late September 2026, IlloJuan, one of the country's biggest streamers, told viewers that Rockstar Games had been in touch about the mods used in a GTA San Andreas series on the channel. The main issue was a mod that used AI to recreate real people's voices without their consent.
The phone call mod
The mod triggered random phone calls in the game. Mid-session, your phone would ring and an AI-generated voice of someone famous would be on the other end: Ibai Llanos, fellow streamer Knekro, even Spain's prime minister, Pedro Sánchez. These weren't recordings; it was new speech generated to sound like those people.
How the warning came
According to IlloJuan, the message came through Rockstar's Spanish office, passing along the position of Rockstar's legal team in New York. The warning: the videos could be pulled and the channel penalized for copyright violations if those mods stayed in use. IlloJuan described it as a "friendly" call, but complied, deleting the Twitch stream, the YouTube recap and every episode involving the mod.
On stream, IlloJuan said Rockstar keeps a much closer eye on content creators than people think, that the line had been crossed several times, and that Rockstar strictly prohibits AI in its games, a rule IlloJuan said was fair enough.
What the guidelines say
The warning came shortly after Rockstar published its new mod guidelines, and it fits them squarely. Among other things, they ban using real people's voices, images or likenesses without written permission, and reusing or modifying voice performances from Rockstar's own games.
A mod that uses AI to put words in the mouth of Ibai or a sitting prime minister breaks the first rule outright. And it isn't only Rockstar's problem: cloning a real person's voice without consent raises privacy and personality rights concerns too.
Why it matters
Two details stand out. First, the warning came through Rockstar's Spanish office, which a job listing from April places in central Madrid, running Rockstar marketing for Iberia and Latin America. That's more personal than a generic legal notice and suggests the company is willing to police this market by market. Second, other Spanish and Latin American creators have used the same mod, so the message is meant for all of them.
It also lines up with Take-Two's tougher stance on AI-generated GTA content, which has been hardening all year.
Our take
The underlying decision is hard to argue with: using someone's voice without permission, however funny it is on stream, is risky ground. What's interesting is the approach. Rockstar didn't go after the mod itself but after its use on a platform with millions of viewers, and it started with a phone call rather than a penalty. With GTA 6 about to launch and the Spanish-speaking community among the most active on livestreams, it's fair to assume this won't be the last warning.
