According to Wilson, the Ockham awards committee alerted publishers to an amendment to the eligibility conditions in August, outlawing AI covers. He thought the books he entered for the Acorn Jann Medlicott fiction prize were on safe ground but was belatedly told by the designer that the covers were heavily reliant on AI.
that's... not what cat teeth look like
but was belatedly told by the designer
"Designer". Also, who the hell pays another person to generate images for them? Isn't that the point of this bullshit tech? To "democratize art", as the techbros keep claiming?
Cover art is important and these covers cheapen the books.
Why would you go to the time and effort of writing and publishing a book, only to use some AI slop for the cover?
I wouldn't consider reading a book with an AI generated cover, the fact that someone would half ass something so important doesn't say anything good about the book itself.
I don't see the original article link but I think it's this one: https://newsroom.co.nz/2025/11/17/ockhams-dump-books-from-awards-over-ai-covers/
The cat is supposed to have human teeth, and the books were disqualified because the rules say you can't use AI for the book and the cover is part of the book.
@_ed , haha, only an AI could come up with something that bad.
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