How PYLON handles AI-assisted work

What we mean by AI use

PYLON defines AI-assisted work as any film whose images, audio, or motion were generated, in whole or in material part, by a machine-learning system. This includes text-to-video models, generative-adversarial systems, neural style transfers, and AI-driven motion synthesis.

Traditional VFX, colour grading, denoising, upscaling, and audio repair tools are not in scope. These are post-production, not generation.

Mandatory disclosure

Every filmmaker discloses, at submission: the AI tools used, an approximate percentage of human-retouch frames, a human creative-contribution statement, source-asset licences, and any real-person likenesses with consent documentation.

This data is retained for legal and curation purposes. It is not rendered to viewers (PYLON presents films as films) but it is non-negotiable at submission.

The six-criterion rubric

Every submission scores against the same rubric described in the editorial policy: narrative coherence, visual craft, human creative contribution, brand safety, AI-slop indicators (inverted), and originality. The threshold to publish is 22 of 30. Films below 18 are declined.

Prohibited categories

• Non-consensual likenesses of real people, living or recently deceased.
• CSAM or sexualised depictions of minors, including AI-synthesised.
• Content that violates the AU Online Safety Act, US COPPA, or equivalent regimes in any locale we serve.
• Source assets used without licence, attribution, or fair-use justification.
• Films whose AI provenance cannot be substantiated by tool-chain evidence at submission.

Display obligations

PYLON does not surface prompts, model names, or tool chains to viewers. We present films as films. Where a film carries a real-person likeness, the consent record is held privately and disclosed on demand to a regulator. The PYLON licence is non-exclusive. Where copyright enforceability is limited (per US Copyright Office Part 2), enforcement against third-party redistribution may be unavailable.

Penalties for violation

Misrepresentation of provenance is grounds for immediate de-publication and termination of the licence agreement. Repeat or wilful misrepresentation results in a permanent platform ban and, where the misrepresentation is material to a downstream legal claim, indemnification clauses in the licence agreement apply.

We do not publish films we cannot stand behind. Filmmakers do not publish on PYLON unless they can stand behind their disclosure.

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This page is the public-facing summary. The formal legal version, with its definitions, indemnification language, and signed change-log, lives at /en/legal/ai-disclosure-policy.