Artist rejects photo prize after revealing piece was AI-generated

Berlin-based artist and photographer Boris Eldagsen rejected a top prize from the Sony World Photography Awards (SWPA) on April 13 after the judges chose an AI-generated image he submitted as the winner. In a statement, Eldagsen said he “applied as a cheeky monkey to find out if the competitions are prepared for AI images to enter” and sent an image of two women for consideration in the “open competition/creative category,” calling the work ‘PSEUDOMNESIA | The Electrician.’ Credit: Boris Eldagsen via Storyful