Sony World Photography Award 2023 winner turns down top prize after admitting his image was created with AI | Science & Tech News
The winner of a major photography award has turned down the prize after admitting the image he submitted was created by artificial intelligence. German artist Boris Eldagsen’s entry, entitled Pseudomnesia: The Electrician, was awarded a Sony World Photography Award last week in the creative open category. In a statement on his website, the artist said he applied to the competition as a “cheeky monkey, to find out, if the competition is prepared for AI images to enter”. “They are not,” he concluded. He also asked readers: “How many of you know or suspect that it was generated by AI? Something…