To the credit of whoever art directed/designed, your changes are vast improvements to the original stock image, but also come on the fact that you had to draw on legs kind of undermines the premise that you didn't know this was ai generated /N5NmHK2OFB- Corey Brickley Illustration December 9, 2022 The AI image created (from stolen images) for the base of Fractal Noise is not even labeled as AI created on Shutterstock. Between the sites hosting the images and the companies (like Tor) using them, there are no guidelines for even labeling AI art.

Shutterstock even inked a deal with AI generators in October. Since then, it’s only grown, with Adobe Stock and the portfolio site Artstation catering to AI art. As far back as September, stock websites and individuals began to host AI art for licensing purposes. Tor Publishing Group has championed creators in the SFF community since our founding and will continue to do so.Īt first glance, it’s easy to take at least the first part of this as truth. Due to production constraints, we have decided to move ahead with our current cover. Our in-house designer used the licensed image to create the cover, which was presented to Christopher for approval. We were not aware that the image may have been created by AI. During the process of creating this cover, we licensed an image from a reputable stock house. Tor Books designed the cover for Fractal Noise by Christopher Paolini.

On December 15, Tor released this statement on their social media: Around December 9, pressure had built up, and those concerned demanded an answer from Tor and Paolini.

The comments accusing Tor of using AI art in Christopher Paolini‘s follow-up to To Sleep in a Sea of Stars, Fractal Noise, came as early as November (when the cover was revealed), but it wasn’t until December when more people realized what happened. Hey why tf are you using AI art on your covers /Yam2bkMTy5- Corey Brickley Illustration December 9, 2022

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