# Current Affairs adopts union contract barring AI-generated articles and illustrations

_Published Thursday, October 15, 2026 at 3:07 PM EDT · AI, Products · Latest · Tier 2 — Notable_

![In a Photoshopped collage, two large red men are smashing the ChatGPT logo with hammers, depicted in a Soviet Realist art style. — Primary](https://www.currentaffairs.org/hubfs/smash1.png)

Current Affairs says its new union contract prohibits publishing AI-generated text and using AI-generated art as magazine illustrations. The magazine announced the policy as a commitment to paying human writers and artists for its work.

The rule allows writers to use tools for research and artists to use them for limited tasks, such as adding a texture, changing a color or making a small element. Current Affairs operates as a unionized 501c3 organization.

## Sources

- [currentaffairs.org](https://www.currentaffairs.org/news/why-were-banning-ai)

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Published: 2026-10-15T19:07:14.297Z
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