{"id":288826,"date":"2025-11-13T09:06:17","date_gmt":"2025-11-13T09:06:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/288826\/"},"modified":"2025-11-13T09:06:17","modified_gmt":"2025-11-13T09:06:17","slug":"game-of-thrones-publisher-denies-using-ai-art-for-new-edition","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/288826\/","title":{"rendered":"Game Of Thrones publisher denies using AI art for new edition"},"content":{"rendered":"

Penguin Random House has denied the use of artificial intelligence for the artwork in the newly released A Feast For Crows: The Illustrated Edition by George R.R. Martin. \u201cRecently there have been accusations floating around that the Penguin Random House\u2019s illustrated edition of A Feast For Crows was produced using AI generative art. To our knowledge and as presented by the artist who completed the work in question there was NO such programing used,\u201d Raya Golden,\u00a0 who \u201c[manages] the art direction and licensing development here at Fevre River\u201d said in a statement posted to Martin\u2019s blog<\/a>. \u201cWhile he is a digital multimedia artist and relies on digital programing to complete his work, he has expressed unequivocally that no AI was used, and we believe him. SO\u2026 The official word from our office is, of course, that we DO NOT, never have and will not willingly work with A.I generative artists in any way shape or form.\u201d (Emphasis theirs.)\u00a0<\/p>\n

The new edition of A Feast For Crows (the fourth book in the A Song Of Ice And Fire series, which is the inspiration behind the Game Of Thrones television show) was released earlier this month and quickly kicked up controversy. On top of what fans felt were tell-tale signs of AI (odd background details like distorted windows, silhouettes that seem to walk on water, animals with strange anatomy, armor that appears inaccurate, etc.), the art doesn\u2019t seem to reflect the actual world of Westeros. As collated on Reddit<\/a>, Lannisters are depicted wearing blue rather than red (the horror!), art of Tywin doesn\u2019t match his character\u2019s description (he has hair, rather than being bald), and Victarion is shown with two swords rather than an axe and a shield. In some cases, the Game Of Thrones die-hards have also accused the artist of copying<\/a> well-known fan art.\u00a0<\/p>\n

On Instagram, the artist Jeffrey R. McDonald stated, \u201cFor the record I do not use AI.\u201d He did not address all the particular concerns piling up in his comments (though he did explain that a background detail fans thought was a Christian cross was just a sconce). However, he noted that \u201call images go through a team or director for approval. Some things are added, subtracted or redesigned in this process.\u201d<\/p>\n

Martin has not weighed in personally beyond sharing the Penguin Random House statement to his blog. The author happens to currently be involved in a high-profile lawsuit<\/a> with several other writers against OpenAI for illegally training ChatGPT on their copyrighted works. In an interview with <\/a>WinterIsComing.net<\/a>, Martin acknowledged that the tech was probably here to stay, but stressed the need for regulations. \u201cI don\u2019t know what rules they\u2019ll have but they have to have some kind of rules. If they have no rules, and things like the AI companies are just free to help themselves to anything they want, then I think we got a real problem because, you know, unlike AI authors need to eat and occasionally buy a house to live in and so forth,\u201d he said.\u00a0<\/p>\n

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\u201cIn some ways, as challenging as it is for authors, I think the most immediate crisis will be for actors and artists. I mean, the artists are already getting it with AI [book] covers,\u201d the\u00a0Game Of Thrones mastermind said, adding that \u201cthere are other lawsuits that are being filed by other people that could cover the actors and the illustrators and things like that. So it\u2019s a bold new world\u2026but who will come out of it, and what will the rules be? I don\u2019t know.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Penguin Random House has denied the use of artificial intelligence for the artwork in the newly released A…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":288827,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[45],"tags":[182,181,507,74],"class_list":{"0":"post-288826","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-artificial-intelligence","8":"tag-ai","9":"tag-artificial-intelligence","10":"tag-artificialintelligence","11":"tag-technology"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/288826","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=288826"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/288826\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/288827"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=288826"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=288826"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=288826"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}