Numerous entries for the 2024 Pokemon Trading Card Game Illustration Contest have been disqualified after The Pokemon Company stated that these submissions violated contest rules. Shortly after the top 300 contestants were announced, people online began suggesting that several of the finalists had submitted AI-generated images, and in a statement, The Pokemon Company admitted that it had disqualified “contestants who violated the rules.” . Avoid mentioning AI directly.
“Additional artists participating in the contest will soon be selected as finalists for the Top 300,” the Pokémon Company said in a statement via Eurogamer. “We are committed to maintaining the integrity of the Pokémon TCG Illustration Contest, and we appreciate our fans’ continued support as we celebrate the artistic abilities of our talented Pokémon community.”
There are regularly numerous entries submitted to the Pokémon contest, which offers a grand prize of $5,000 and the opportunity to have their creation immortalized as an official Pokémon TCG card. Several people on
I will mainly focus on this because, in my opinion, it is the most obvious sign of AI forgery. Additionally, due to the similarities, it appears that the submissions were submitted by the same person with slightly changed names. pic.twitter.com/sYhpQYaVZi
— Storm 🐍🍉 ukkomon apologist (@haruujin) June 14, 2024
The proliferation of AI-generated images has become a source of controversy since the emergence of Midjourney and Stable Diffusion, with many artists accusing these programs of training them to work without permission. Many professional and creative roles have become redundant, and other companies, such as Wizards of the Coast, have been forced to address the use of generative AI in Dungeons & Dragons after DnD fans discovered examples of the tool being used in the tabletop game’s artwork.
On the animated film front, Chris Miller, producer of 2018’s Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse and 2023’s Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse, said, “There is no generative AI in Beyond the Spider-Verse, and there never will be.”
Meanwhile, video game companies are more interested in using generative AI to build bigger games faster. Electronic Arts CEO Andrew Wilson recently said that generative AI could help the company reach the “Holy Grail” of game development, and that Ubisoft is experimenting with technology to create NPCs that can have “real conversations” with players.
However, this could result in significant job losses.
