In a rare public response, George R.R. Martin 's team has addressed the accusations that the latest edition of A Feast for Crows was created using generative artificial intelligence. The controversy comes after the release of Penguin Random House Worlds' twentieth anniversary edition of the novel, which featured illustrations by imaginative realism artist Jeffery R McDonald.

Released as a premium collector's edition, the visuals quickly drew backlash from A Song of Ice and Fire book fans, who criticized what they deemed as odd anatomical distortions, repeated character models, and heraldic details that allegedly borrowed from online fan art. Many argued that the art resembled generative AI rather than bespoke illustrations.

In a statement posted on Martin's Not a Blog , Ray

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