A German artist has rejected an award from a prestigious international photography competition after revealing that his submission was generated by Artificial Intelligence .
Organizers said they were made aware of some AI involvement, but said there had been "deliberate" attempts to mislead them. "Thank you for selecting my image and making this a historic moment, as it is the first AI generated image to win in a prestigous international PHOTOGRAPHY competition. How many of you knew or suspected that it was AI generated? Something about this doesn't feel right, does it?"
He said that AI had left many photographers feeling "threatened and afraid that they are going to lose their jobs which will happen.""It was not about winning anything," he said. "I was just making a test to see if they were aware -- like a hacker who hacks a system not to exploit it, but to see if there are weaknesses."Organizers said that 2023 had seen the highest number of entries in the awards' 16-year history.