Is Adobe discouraging AI submissions now??

Well, they may have increased the quality requirement, because before, they accepted a lot of scrap and customers complained. They are still accepting good gererative AI. Best is to checkyour AI before submitting and to submit only quality assets.

The Moderators have become more trained, experienced and adept at spotting errors in AI images. Images with even minor flaws that might have been accepted months ago are now rejected. Nonetheless, some Contributors are still experiencing high acceptance rates after carefully reviewing and editing their AI submissions. If you believe the rejections were unwarranted, upload 2-3 of your rejects here to receive feedback from the community members.

It seems they are looking closer now. 

As we have reported, AI images, like photos, must be of better than average quality or they will be refused. 

Generating 300 to 400 images a month without editing them will no longer slip through. Most AI images require editing.

View your images at 200% to check for artifacts. View at 100% to check focus and misshaped items.