Fan Conventions draw line to AI ‘Slor’

Sign left on the table exhibitors evicted from Dragoncon for sale AI Art, September, 2025.

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The past weekend, an exhibitor of the Atlanta Dragon Atlanta Atlanta They escorted the exhibition under the police For violating the issue of AI generated work. It was the latest and most visible example of creator and creator oriented events stigmatizing the use of tools that the technology world betted into the future. According to Dragon CON shares, several other large ventilation conventions clarified or underlined their policies that protect the role of human artists.

According to an ACCOUNT FROM THE DAY OF AUT, SPECIALS IN A DragonBooth registered in the art Oriana Gertz was accused of selling ai-generated prints in their stand in an artistic alley. Sellers and fans complained to the organizers. At the last day of the show, after failing to produce convincing evidence that the works made people, the stands of the stand was evicted by the Atlanta Police. The character is set to an empty table that states “The seller has been removed for sale AI” and the table has become a fan point.

Shortly after the news about the expansion of the incident, several other fan conventions and promoters explained their policies of AI ART. GalaxyCon, which leads a portfolio of medium-sized comics comics, horrors, animations and pop cultures in North America, issued “Brushing AI Art Ban,” Efficient immediately.

“The way artificial intelligence is currently being trained is a lot of ethical and moral issues that simply no longer be ignored in our industry,” Mike Broder, Founder and President Galaxicon said. “Galaxicon has a long, proud history of accompanying artists and their creativity, and we will continue to work as the fight against unethical AI continues.”

REEDPOP, a branch of the cane exhibitions that runs New York COMIC con, and other shows in the United States and in the UK, specifies in their artificial reporting that “sales of materials or works of art are produced by strictly forbidden.” The ban also expands to work on sale anywhere on the substrate, according to the REEDPOP spokesman.

The great anime shows like Anime NIC, Crunchiroll Expo and Anime Los Angeles (Earlier Anime ECPO) also has bans. Comic-con international, organization that leads San Diego Commic-con and Wonder Con, has no documented policy on AI art at the exhibition floor and immediately responded to inquiries regarding its attitude.

The creative industry like comics, illustrations, animations and designs are all well represented in the Conventions of the Fan Like Dragon Convention, and fights like Dall, Midjournei and stable diffusion, which can produce based images using enrollments or loose sketches. While some artists see it as tools that can increase their productivity, Others indicate ethical, environmental and economic issues And they argue that even in the best case, the output of these systems is heartless, derivative and technically wrong compared to people’s work.

For artists working in these fields, sales in large conventions is a significant source of income. Human artists are obediented to compete with sellers who sell ai created, and fans are largely with them mainly. The creators were found to use AI are called online and stigmatizedEspecially if technology is found to provide them with an edge in competitions or commercial projects. The Facebook group called artists against Generative AI, which is hot activism in the community, it can boast of almost 170,000 members.

“Prohibition of AI Art from the artistic streets is essential for the protection of the integrity of these spaces,” said Jose Villarubia, a professional color artist and artist. “An Artist Alley is Meant to Be a place where attendees can connect, Supporting their Unique Vision, Skill, and effort. When Ai-Generated Images Are Sold Alongside Genuine Art, They Are Replacing Artists In Their Own Space, and It Hurts The Creditibility of the entire event. Bans on ai Send a clear message that the convention does not support its use. i only wish that more publishers and figurative fine art galleries would do the sam. “