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Commission revises Center Lake Park mural call to ban AI in final designs

February 19, 2026
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Summary

After council concerns that some mural submissions used AI, the commission approved revised call language and evaluation criteria requiring artists to certify final designs are not AI‑generated and reopening the call for new or revised submissions.

The commission voted to revise the call to artists for a mural at Center Lake Park and require entrants to certify that final designs are not generated by artificial intelligence, after staff told members that the city council raised concerns about possible AI use in submitted designs.

Staff told the commission the mural selection had been reviewed by the Community Redevelopment Agency and then by city council, which asked the commission to readvertise the call with explicit no‑AI language. Unidentified Speaker (S4) said the council was uncomfortable because the original call did not include any criteria addressing AI and that some community members and applicants had raised concerns that portions of the submitted work “look like it may have been done artificially.”

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