Great controversy at the 14th edition of the International Cartoon Contest Turkey 2024; having awarded as the winner a drawing elaborated with AI, a campaign was unleashed through social networks questioning the work of the judges.
Eventually the jury decided to cancel the first prize, after investigating that the author had copied the idea of other cartoonists who participated in various contests, but not for the use of AI apparently.
Doubt continues over the use of AI in contests.

Hicabi Demirci wrote:

OPEN QUESTIONS TO IZEL ROZENTAL AND TURHAN FLOOD JURY
1. Where did Mehmet Akif Özdal make the statement about artificial intelligence?
On which platform? Did he send you the explanation? How accurate and ethical is it for a contestant to use a jury member as a secretary? Why are you a guarantor to someone you've never seen or known in your life? Why do you only see enough of his statements?
2- Why don't you request at least the pattern and drawing stages regarding the drawing and share it with the public?
The illustrator states that he used Adobe Illustrator in his descriptions. Can you claim a line status?
The jury is 10 as far as we know... Are your statements being made on their behalf too? Or does it just tie you in?
The following is the patterns of the 3-Line 2022 hand drawn by the year. No one can convert pattern and anatomy knowledge here into pattern in a study that has been rewarded in less than 2 years...
4-THESE STATEMENTS ARE NOT MEANT TO DISGRACE ANYBODY... THIS IS BECAUSE THE EXPECTATION OF TRANSPARENCY IS STILL CONTINUES.
The drawings are taken from the link below...