"Back in December, when SFWA announced that it was updating its rules for the Nebula Awards. Works written entirely by large language models would not be eligible, while authors who used LLMs "at any point during the writing process" had to disclose that use, allowing award voters to make their own decisions about whether that usage would affect their support."
"As Jason Sanford reported in his Genre Grapevine newsletter, this change drew immediate backlash for seemingly opening the door to work partly created by LLMs. SFWA's Board of Directors issued an apology a few days later, writing, "Our approach and wording was wrong and we apologize for the distress and distrust we caused." The rules were revised yet again, now stating that works that are"
Major fan and professional organizations are moving to restrict generative AI in creative eligibility and distribution. San Diego Comic-Con and Bandcamp joined SFWA in opposing generative AI use. SFWA updated Nebula Awards rules to initially require disclosure for any LLM assistance, drew member backlash, issued an apology, and then revised rules to disqualify works written wholly or partially by generative LLMs and to bar any work created with LLMs. Critics like Jason Sanford refuse to use generative AI in fiction citing theft and lack of creativity, and call for clearer definitions of LLM usage amid corporate deployment of these tools.
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