Change the rules of the world press photographic contest to exclude the images generated by ai from

News from it house on november 21stWorld news photography competition(world press photocontest) a few days after announcing that it was allowed to participate in the openformat category of images generated by ai, it changed its rules to exclude entries for images generated by ai。

It house noticed the worldPress photographyThe foundation initially welcomed the submission of the images produced by ai, but this decision was immediately strongly opposed by news photographers, who considered that the inclusion of artificially intelligent images in a contest for news photographers who record real world events was “contrary to what our industry does”。

The foundation subsequently withdrew its new ai submission guide and updated the rules of the competition to exclude the images generated by ai from its open format category. In a statement posted on its website on monday, the foundation said: “for the honest and thoughtful feedback of the past few days, we have decided to change the rules of the open format category of our competition to exclude images generated by ai. The generation of filled (generative fill) and fully generated pictures (fully produced images) will be prohibited from competing in the open format category (like other categories, including single banners, stories and long-term projects)

The image-processing rules for “photos taken by lens-based cameras” have also been updated to clarify more clearly what is an artificially intelligent image. Noise decomposition, automatic adjustments (e. G., colour, colour, contrast) and object selection are cited as examples of acceptable ai editing tools, the extent of which will be determined by competition organizations and the global jury. Tools based on the generation ai model that introduce new information to zoom in and sharpen images, such as adobe super resolute and topaz photo ai, are not allowed。

In order to help clarify what photographs are in the ai era, the world press and photography foundation has also developed a set of “clear ethical standards” with news agencies, visual journalists and “editors interested in and specialized in the subject”, aimed at ensuring that photographs are “fair and accurate expressions of what photographers see”, rather than produced in a way that misleads the public。