I don’t know. It’s not really up to me to figure that out, either. Companies should self-report on their AI usage.

That’s fine, but they did use AI in development, so whether or not they removed the assets they should not be included in this award category.

I don’t think there is any problem with using AI art as a placeholder until the real art is ready.

I also don’t think there is any problem with being disqualified from a competition that says “No AI Art” for doing so.

Or like they submitted a game to an award that said no AI in development, said they didn’t use AI in development, when in reality they did.

The answer to this post, and almost everything, is to tax the wealthy.

AI is not ruining anything. The people in control of it are.