AI-Generated Image Wins Photography Contest, Artist Forfeits Prize

Artist Boris Eldagsen won the World Photography Organization’s Sony World Photography Awards for an AI-generated work titled The Electrician. However, he declined the award, stating that AI and photography should not compete with each other. Eldagsen urged the jury to give his prize money to a photography festival in Ukraine instead. The World Photography Organization suspended its activities with Eldagsen and removed him from the competition, citing his deliberate attempts at misleading them. The controversy raises questions about the role of AI in art and photography.