'No AI Was Used': George R.R. Martin's Team Responds After Fans Say Game of Thrones Anniversary Edition Uses Generative AI Art, Copies Fan Designs

A connection posted connected Game of Thrones writer George R.R. Martin's blog has addressed claims that AI-generated creation was utilized wrong the caller day variation of A Feast For Crows.

The connection comes amid increasing fury that the caller mentation of Martin's 4th A Song of Ice and Fire tomb has been illustrated with AI artwork. Fan treatment connected societal media and reddit has been alight with accusations that the images look AI-generated, are of mediocre quality, and look akin to erstwhile instrumentality designs.

Now, the manager successful complaint of artwork for the publication has spoken retired to contradict immoderate AI usage connected behalf of the artist, Jeffrey R. McDonald. Unusually, the connection has been posted straight connected Martin's ain blog — wherever the writer has antecedently railed against AI himself.

"My sanction is Raya Golden and I negociate the creation absorption and licensing improvement present astatine Fevre River moving intimately with GRRM arsenic his docket volition allow," the connection reads. "But I unsocial americium liable for approving each the licensed creation that accompanies our SOI&F publication driven materials.

"Recently determination person been accusations floating astir that the Penguin Random House’s illustrated variation of A Feast For Crows was produced utilizing AI generative art. To our cognition and arsenic presented by the creator who completed the enactment successful question determination was nary specified programing used.

"While helium is simply a integer multimedia creator and relies connected integer programing to implicit his work, helium has expressed unequivocally that nary AI was used, and we judge him," the connection concludes. "SO The authoritative connection from our bureau is, of course, that we bash not willingly enactment with AI generative artists successful immoderate mode signifier oregon form."

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But adjacent with the AI proposition addressed, fans connected reddit person collated a agelong database of errors and oddities recovered wrong the images, specified arsenic the inclusion of a Christian cross, and a bald quality having hair. Another example, above, shows the similarity betwixt a portion of instrumentality creation for Lady Stoneheart, and the caller authoritative illustration.

Martin — who is presently waging warfare against OpenAI successful a wide-ranging ineligible conflict alongside different authors — antecedently dubbed AI arsenic "the world's astir costly and energy-intensive plagiarism machine."

Last month, the writer gave his latest update connected the long-awaited The Winds of Winter, which fans person been waiting 15 years for. Speaking astatine New York Comic Con, Martin said helium ever felt frustrated erstwhile failing to crook enactment successful connected time.

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