Attention Medium Writers - AI written stories are not allowed!

I am writing on Medium stories about AI, mainly Midjourney prompts. If you are writing your articles with help of ChatGPT, please read this email from Medium:

"We are writing to notify you of policy updates that may impact your participation in the Medium Partner Program. Medium is for human storytelling, not AI-generated writing. We recently defined and clarified our specific policies around the different uses of AI-generated content and technologies, and what is allowed in the Medium Partner Program. You can read those policies in our Help Center.

Beginning May 1, 2024, stories with AI-generated writing (disclosed as such or not) are not allowed to be paywalled as part of our Partner Program. Accounts that have fully AI-generated writing behind the paywall may have those stories removed from the paywall, and/or have their Partner Program enrollment revoked. Please remove all AI-generated writing from behind the paywall by May 1st to remain compliant with this policy, and stay active in the Partner Program. We define AI-generated writing as writing where the majority of the content has been created by an AI-writing program with little or no edits, improvements, fact-checking, or changes.

This does not include AI writing tools such as AI outlining, or AI assisted fact, spelling, or grammar checkers. Additionally, stories with AI-generated writing will also have the following distribution restrictions:

AI-generated writing that is disclosed as such and is not behind the paywall is eligible for General Distribution, but it is not eligible for Boost distribution.
Undisclosed AI-generated writing will be given Network Only distribution. This means it is distributed to the author’s direct network of followers and subscribers only. It is not eligible for wider distribution.
AI-generated images must include captioning identifying them as such.

There are also new policies for AI content used for abusive or illegal purposes. We encourage you to read the FAQ and the AI policies in full, and reach out to us with any questions via our Help Center.

Thank you, The Medium Partner Program"

I think, writing about your prompts and AI art techniques is still fine, but write your story in your own words!

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