![]() ![]() ![]() Paolini defended his publisher’s decision on Twitter, saying, “It’s a major problem. Many stock art sites have been flooded with AI-generated work in recent months, since tools like Midjourney and Dall-E have become widely available for public use. Tor Publishing Group has championed creators in the SFF community since our founding and will continue to do so. Due to production constraints, we have decided to move ahead with our current cover. Our in-house designer used the licensed image to create the cover, which was presented to Christopher for approval. We were not aware that the image may have been created by AI. During the process of creating this cover, we licensed an image from a reputable stock house. Tor Books designed the cover for Fractal Noise by Christopher Paolini. Many illustrators and artists are understandably troubled by the implications of AI-generated images, both because of the potential to take creative work away from human artists, and because the AI tools are trained on artwork that is usually entered into data sets without the permission of the creators, raising serious concerns regarding those creators’ rights. Tor posted a statement online after receiving widespread criticism on social media in December 2022, criticism based on its cover reveal of Christopher Paolini’s Fractal Noise that appears to include AI-generated graphics. ![]()
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