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Ockham New Zealand Book Awards

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Incident 12822 Report
Reported Disqualification of Two Books from the Ockham New Zealand Book Awards Due to Alleged AI-Generated Cover Art

2025-11-17

Organizers of the Ockham New Zealand Book Awards reportedly disqualified two fiction books after it was reportedly determined their cover illustrations were produced using AI-assisted tools, rendering the works ineligible under newly introduced award criteria. The publisher reportedly confirmed AI involvement in the jacket designs. The authors were not implicated in the artwork decisions but were nonetheless removed from consideration for the 2026 running.

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Sugarcube Studios

Incidents involved as Deployer
  • Incident 1282
    2 Reports

    Reported Disqualification of Two Books from the Ockham New Zealand Book Awards Due to Alleged AI-Generated Cover Art

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Unknown AI image generator developer

Incidents involved as Developer
  • Incident 1282
    2 Reports

    Reported Disqualification of Two Books from the Ockham New Zealand Book Awards Due to Alleged AI-Generated Cover Art

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Elizabeth Smither

Incidents Harmed By
  • Incident 1282
    2 Reports

    Reported Disqualification of Two Books from the Ockham New Zealand Book Awards Due to Alleged AI-Generated Cover Art

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Stephanie Johnson

Incidents Harmed By
  • Incident 1282
    2 Reports

    Reported Disqualification of Two Books from the Ockham New Zealand Book Awards Due to Alleged AI-Generated Cover Art

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Quentin Wilson Publishing

Incidents Harmed By
  • Incident 1282
    2 Reports

    Reported Disqualification of Two Books from the Ockham New Zealand Book Awards Due to Alleged AI-Generated Cover Art

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Epistemic integrity

Incidents Harmed By
  • Incident 1282
    2 Reports

    Reported Disqualification of Two Books from the Ockham New Zealand Book Awards Due to Alleged AI-Generated Cover Art

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Unknown AI image generator

Incidents implicated systems
  • Incident 1282
    2 Reports

    Reported Disqualification of Two Books from the Ockham New Zealand Book Awards Due to Alleged AI-Generated Cover Art

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