Reported Disqualification of Two Books from the Ockham New Zealand Book Awards Due to Alleged AI-Generated Cover Art
Date: 2025-11-17
Affected: Image Generation Technology Developers, Sugarcube Studios
Attack vector: other
Category: real-world
Severity: High

AI Incident Database (AIID) entry #1282: Reported Disqualification of Two Books from the Ockham New Zealand Book Awards Due to Alleged AI-Generated Cover Art. Alleged deployer/developer: Image Generation Technology Developers, Sugarcube Studios. See the linked AIID entry for full narrative, sourcing, and classification.


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