Adobe called out for selling AI-generated 'Ansel Adams' images
Adobe was criticised for selling AI-generated images inspired by the style of the late photographer Ansel Adams. The Ansel Adams estate publicly rebuked Adobe for selling images generated by AI labelled "Ansel Adams-Style" on Adobe’s stock photo service, despite the company 's guidelines for AI-generated images prohibiting the use of names of people or artists whose work is still in copyright . The Ansel Adams estate said it had been trying to get Adobe to respond to them about the issue since August 2023, and invited Adobe to proactively addr e ss complaints like theirs and to stop putting the responsibility on individual artists or their estates to continuously monitor their intellectual property on Adobe’s platform . Adobe Stock Vice President Matthew Smith told The Verge that the company generally moderates all “crowdsourced” Adobe Stock assets before they are made available to customers, employing a “variety” of methods that include “an experienced team of moderators who review submissions.” Adobe removed the offending listing; however, the incident sparked accusations that Adobe had violated its own policies and was unable to properly moderate its platforms. It also prompted a broader discussion about the ethics of AI-generated art and its impact on creators . System 🤖 Unknown Operator: Developer: Country: USA Sector: Media/entertainment/sports/arts Purpose: Create images Technology: Text -to-image Issue: Copyright ; Employment; Ethics/values
- Date it happened
- 2024-06-01
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