The German artist added that this was a "historic moment" as its the first time a prestigious art competition had unknowingly awarded an AI image. Is the umbrella of photography large enough to invite AI images to enter - or would this be a mistake? With the denial of the award, Eldagsen hopes that the debate surrounding AI images and photography will be sped up. Allen revealing his image was created using an AI image generated sparked the same debate that Eldagsen is attempting to fast track. How would this work if an AI image contained data from 100,000 copyrighted images?

Source: The Guardian April 18, 2023 10:23 UTC