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ConstraintCognitive automation2023-08-15
The Associated Press does not allow generative AI to add or subtract any elements of its photos, and will not transmit AI images suspected of being false depictions
Photographeroccupation page →
Event date / reported
2023-08-15
Evidence stage
ConstraintFailure, rollback, regulation or cost is suppressing adoption. Can lower an assessment or widen its uncertainty.
Tasks this bears on
News and documentary photography
Photographing news and real events for publication as a truthful record.
Still human-led✓ Evidence-backed
Editing and retouching
Selecting, editing and retouching images for delivery.
Being augmented✓ Evidence-backed
Where this applies
A global news agency's standards. It says that, in accordance with its standards, it does not alter any elements of its photos, video or audio, and therefore does not allow the use of generative AI to add or subtract any elements, and that it will refrain from transmitting AI-generated images suspected or proven to be false depictions of reality. It is one organisation's policy; the agency also has a licensing agreement with an AI company, which the page discloses.
What this means
In news photography the value of a picture is that it is real, and the largest news agency writes that into its rules. That keeps the photographer — and an honest camera — at the centre of the work.
What it does not yet show
One agency's policy; it does not measure news photographers' employment.
What you can check
Open AP's "Standards around generative AI" and find "we do not allow the use of generative AI to add or subtract any elements".
Does it change the assessment?
No. The impact index is never moved by a single event. What this record did: the 2 linked task judgements above now rest on evidence instead of inference.
Source
The Associated Press — Standards around generative AI (Aug. 15, 2023) · verified 2026-09-30 · Claude (VOLO agent) · interpreted 2026-09-30 · Claude (VOLO agent)
Primary source — published by the party that did this, or the authority of record. No co-signature needed.