The “AI Content material Certification” choice on the submission kind states that the awards present “accepts merchandise that embody AI generated content material,” supplied that the potential nominee discloses which a part of their venture is AI-generated. Nonetheless, any ingredient of the work that features AI-generated content material wouldn’t have the ability to obtain an award in that class. The instance supplied within the disclaimer states {that a} venture with a human-made cowl however artificially generated inside artwork would theoretically be eligible to win Finest Cowl Artwork however not Finest Inside Artwork.
The assertion then goes on to say that this disclosure is “largely on the Honor System,” because the judges or submissions coordinator is not going to feasibly have the ability to determine which submissions are AI-generated with 100% accuracy, “simply as [they] at present can’t determine potential copyright violations, or re-use of artwork from different merchandise.” Submissions which might be discovered to be utilizing AI after the very fact will probably be delisted, and any awards revoked, with the creators in query to be “doubtlessly prohibited from submitting future merchandise.”
An Ennie Awards spokesperson informed todaysviralmedia that the award committee was engaged on a full response to public issues. Additionally they famous that that is the second 12 months the coverage has been in impact, and that the committee had obtained “no suggestions from the 900+ submissions that had been required to verify the field final 12 months.” With extra consideration given to the topic of AI-generated content material within the wake of its use by Hasbro, members of the business are maybe extra conscious of the know-how now than in earlier years. The spokesperson went on to state that solely 0.05% of submissions disclosed utilizing AI content material, with nearly all of these submissions being for “On-line Content material/Digital Media.”
The Ennies consultant stated that the awards committee is not going to change its eligibility necessities mid-year (because the deadline for submissions is March 31), noting that judges could have “full entry to this data and might take it into consideration as they evaluation merchandise.” Nonetheless, they acknowledged that because the Ennies “are and at all times have been a group award, the ENNIE Employees is at present contemplating placing the selection to a vote on the eligibility of AI content material as a part of this 12 months’s awards poll.” The Ennies are fan-curated and fan-selected by a panel of volunteers.