DALL-E, Midjourney, and Stable Diffusion are artificial intelligence art tools that have been banned by the company. It is the latest and largest user-generated content platform to ban this type of content.
The ban was prompted by concerns about the legality of artificial intelligence and a desire to protect the site's customers, according to Craig Peters.
There are real concerns about the Copyright of the outputs from these models.
There are real concerns with respect to the Copyright of outputs from these models and unaddressed rights issues with respect to the imagery, the image Metadata and those individuals contained within the imagery. He said that selling artificial intelligence artwork or illustrations could put users at risk. He said that they were being proactive to their customers.
The creators of artificial intelligence say the technology is legal, but that doesn't mean it won't be challenged. Stable Diffusion uses copyrighted images from the web to train its software. It appears that the output of the software is covered by the doctrine of fair use. Fair use doesn't apply to commercial activity like selling pictures and some artists have called for new laws to regulate this area.
Peters wouldn't say if the company has received legal challenges over its sale of artificial intelligence. He repeated his assertion that the company was only introducing this policy to avoid risk to their reputation, brand and bottom line.
One of the biggest competitors, Shutterstock, seems to be limiting some searches for artificial intelligence, but hasn't yet introduced specific policies banning the material. Other platforms have removed images for other reasons. Furry-focused social art site FurAffinity banned artificial intelligence artwork because it undermines the work of humans.
Artificial intelligence has been banned by some art platforms.
Artificial intelligence and machine learning applications can be used to create content. Many pieces of work from other artists can be used to create derivative images. We want to support artists and their work. We don't think it's in our community's best interests to allow artificial intelligence on the site.
Peters said that the tools were just the latest example of technology expanding the amount of available imagery.
There is a lot of imagery in the world. Digital cameras generated an increase in imagery due to the reduced cost and simplicity of capture. With trillions of images taken and posted, the introduction of the phone and social media took this to a new level. Our business has never been about making it easy to create images. It's about connecting and cutting through
It may be hard to remove artificial intelligence content. Peters says that the Coalition for Content Provenance and Authenticity is working with the company to create filters. It is not clear how easy the new ban will be to enforce.
There are a lot of content for sale on the site for "ai-generated art".
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