Prestigious photo contest answers ‘what is a photo?’

The World Press Photo competition has released comprehensive guidelines to distinguish genuine photography from generative AI. The organization asserts that a photograph must be a record of a physical moment captured by a camera on a sensor or film. Consequently, the contest strictly prohibits synthetic imagery and AI-generated fill, while allowing limited use of smart tools only if they do not introduce, alter, or remove information from the original captured scene. By setting these clear benchmarks, the competition aims to preserve the integrity of photojournalism in an era of proliferating synthetic media.

(Source：The Verge)