According to Wilson, the Ockham awards committee alerted publishers to an amendment to the eligibility conditions in August, outlawing AI covers. He thought the books he entered for the Acorn Jann Medlicott fiction prize were on safe ground but was belatedly told by the designer that the covers were heavily reliant on AI.
Why would you go to the time and effort of writing and publishing a book, only to use some AI slop for the cover?
I wouldn’t consider reading a book with an AI generated cover, the fact that someone would half ass something so important doesn’t say anything good about the book itself.
He hired a “designer” and the “designer” used AI instead of designing.