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Adobe Stock begins selling AI-generated artwork

Enlarge / An AI-generated watercolor illustration, now eligible for inclusion in Adobe Stock. Benj Edwards / Ars Technica reader comments 41 with 0 posters participating Share this story On Monday, Adobe announced that its stock photography service, Adobe Stock, would begin allowing artists to submit AI-generated imagery for sale, Axios reports. The move comes during… Read More »

“Too easy“—Midjourney tests dramatic new version of its AI image generator

Enlarge / Eight images we generated with the alpha version of Midjourney v4. Ars Technica reader comments with 0 posters participating Share this story On Saturday, AI image service Midjourney began alpha testing version 4 (“v4”) of its text-to-image synthesis model, which is available for subscribers on its Discord server. The new model provides more… Read More »

Fearing copyright issues, Getty Images bans AI-generated artwork

Enlarge / A selection of Stable Diffusion images with a strikeout through them. Ars Technica reader comments 60 with 42 posters participating Share this story Getty Images has banned the sale of AI generative artwork created using image synthesis models such as Stable Diffusion, DALL-E 2, and Midjourney through its service, The Verge reports. To… Read More »

Artists begin selling AI-generated artwork on stock photography websites

Enlarge / A selection of AI-generated artwork that can be licensed through Shutterstock. Shutterstock.com reader comments 49 with 39 posters participating Share this story Seeking ways to “monetize” AI-generated art, some artists have already begun submitting their AI-generated pieces to stock photography websites like Shutterstock. Searches for “AI generated” or “Midjourney” (a popular image synthesis… Read More »

Have AI image generators assimilated your art? New tool lets you check

Enlarge / An image of the “Have I Been Trained?” website featuring a search for one of its creators, Holly Herndon. reader comments 31 with 26 posters participating Share this story In response to controversy over image synthesis models learning from artists’ images scraped from the Internet without consent—and potentially replicating their artistic styles—a group… Read More »

AI wins state fair art contest, annoys humans

Enlarge / The winning entry, Théåtre D’opéra Spatial. Jason Allen reader comments 233 with 142 posters participating Share this story A synthetic media artist named Jason Allen entered AI-generated artwork into the Colorado State Fair fine arts competition and announced last week that he won first place in the Digital Arts/Digitally Manipulated Photography category, Vice… Read More »