Over 3,500 demand Oz Comic-Con bans AI-generated art
A petition signed by more than 3,500 people calls on Oz Comic-Con to bar AI-generated artwork from artist alleys.
More than 3,500 people have signed a petition demanding that Oz Comic-Con ban AI-generated art from its artist alleys. The events are in Sydney, Melbourne, Brisbane, Perth, Adelaide, and Canberra.
Petition organizer Nemo Boxsell says the convention has failed human artists. AI vendors undercut their work.
Oz Comic-Con currently has no specific policy on AI art. It does ban bootleg and counterfeit products.
San Diego Comic-Con is the world's largest comic convention. It reversed its earlier AI-friendly stance and banned AI art outright after similar backlash from exhibitors.
A federal parliamentary inquiry into AI begins Tuesday. OpenAI, Google, Microsoft, and Anthropic representatives will appear.
Creative unions are calling on them to share revenue with the artists whose work trained their models.
- 3,500+
- Petition signatures
- Nemo Boxsell
- Petition organizer
Why it mattersConvention organizers worldwide face pressure to protect human artists from AI-generated competition, and Australia's largest pop culture expo is now in the crosshairs.
AustraliaAustralian artists and comic creators are pushing back against AI art at Oz Comic-Con as the debate over AI and creative work heats up in parliament.
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