Hi everyone,

Today, we are announcing our policy regarding generative AI content, and I�d like to share that we have begun accepting illustrations made using generative AI into our collection. We believe that generative AI tools can help our contributor community continue to create amazing content, and we believe in transparent, clear labeling for customers when it comes to this content.
 
We have prepared generative AI content submission guidelines and a page to answer common questions. We believe that our policy to accept AI generated content will enable contributors and customers to benefit from the value that AI generated content can bring. 
In our Discord channel for Adobe Stock contributors, we opened a new channel #ai-generated-talk as a forum for addressing further questions. As always, I will also monitor this thread daily and will do my best to answer any questions not covered in the FAQ.
 
Submission guidelines: https://helpx.adobe.com/stock/contributor/help/generative-ai-content.html
FAQ: https://helpx.adobe.com/stock/contributor/help/generative-ai-faq.html
Discord community: https://discord.com/invite/adobestock

Thank you,

Mat Hayward

Hi again, moments ago, a blog article was published with more detailed information on this important announcement. You can read it here: https://blog.adobe.com/en/publish/2022/12/05/amplifying-human-creativity-adobe-stock-welcomes-content-using-generative-ai
 
Let me know if you have any questions.

-Mat Hayward

Mat, link doesn't seem to work?

Hi again, moments ago, a blog article was published with more detailed information on this important announcement. You can read it here: https://blog.adobe.com/en/publish/2022/12/05/amplifying-human-creativity-adobe-stock-defines-new-guidelines-content-generative-ai
 
Let me know if you have any questions.

-Mat Hayward

Hi Mat,
thank you very much! It seems a quite serious approach and a way to clarify all the doubts expressed here.
I think too that this is a new creative tool in our hands.
One questions please:
 if the AI generated image is used as a sketch and heavily processed after, must we always write made with generative AI?
Thanks in advance!

Hi Matt, thanks for the information.
One question: Works that contain a combination of AI and 3d rendering should also be titled and tagged as AI?

Please refer to the FAQ for detailed information on metadata requirements: https://helpx.adobe.com/stock/contributor/help/generative-ai-faq.html

thanks,

Mat Hayward

I am not sure but should we be happy or sad?
With AI content being accepted, it has opened doors for maximum non-qualified people to upload the assets.

Where are we artist now?

if their work is accepted, how are they non-qualified?  what makes you an 'artist' and not them?

early photograpy was rejected by 'real artists'

it's evolution in action

And does anyone even know what programs can generate these images? And what are the PC requirements?

Quote from: Artist on December 05, 2022, 10:18

I am not sure but should we be happy or sad?
With AI content being accepted, it has opened doors for maximum non-qualified people to upload the assets.

Where are we artist now?

if their work is accepted, how are they non-qualified?  what makes you an 'artist' and not them?

early photograpy was rejected by 'real artists'

it's evolution in action

I think you are missing the point. There is difference between create and generate.

When the Daguerreotype appeared and photography was born as an art form many painters turned against photographers saying that there was no such thing as an art form in photos because photographers were just copying reality. It is curious that Reality was what most painters were painting at that time.

Then with digital and Sw like photoshop, many followed the wave of saying that those images were not art photography. They were pure manipulation of reality, forgetting also the principle of image value (representation of an idea or a presented idea). AI technology allows to improve an artist's performance in many ways and brings new possibilities for an artist to express himself. It is in the Prompt that we identify the originality and value of the represented image.

Therefore a person that understands code and use different sw to produce images is just valid to me as a painter.

There is a fine essay that is taught in Art Universities called "The Work of Art in the Age of Mechanical Reproduction" from Walter Benjamin which helps to understand that Generative process is just that: a process. Oil painting, analogue or digital photography and even generative AI are not exactly copy/paste but an process of making images.

There are lots of SW online to make "G-Art". We all can go to Github and craft our own SW based in the available codes that are free there. Also we can use sw like stable diffusion to mix, create, train our own models like most of people do nowadays.

Nevertheless, in short: I do like and make "G-Art". Some things are amazing but still... i prefer doing street photography. No code can give me the pleasure to shoot those moments with my camera.

When the Daguerreotype appeared and photography was born as an art form many painters turned against photographers saying that there was no such thing as an art form in photos because photographers were just copying reality. It is curious that Reality was what most painters were painting at that time.

Those are very good points to be honest. The artists who're going to hurt the most are the ones (and have always been the ones) who have devoted many years to learning and perfecting a craft only to find it obsolete one day and has been taken over by a completely different process (painting to photography, analog to digital etc.). So I can understand why people feel hurt at technological shifts in artistic process because when you've invested so much in one particular process it's too difficult to change course and learn another. Especially when your livelihood depends on it. I mean, I can understand why many people would be intimidated by having to learn to code to make art in the future because it is not an easy thing to learn at all.

Quote from: MatHayward on December 05, 2022, 09:25

Hi everyone,

Today, we are announcing our policy regarding generative AI content, and I�d like to share that we have begun accepting illustrations made using generative AI into our collection.

Thanks Mat, that's the right way to manage the new AI technology as a fantastic tool to produce great images!
Other agencies come out with non sense rules like "you can't produce with AI, but we can" while Adobe make the right choice for contributors.

AI will of course deeply change the photography history, but I think it's unavoidable process, impossible to stop.

Next years will be challenging, and that's the life. Good luck everyone

I think will be like HDR. First year extra popular then every year less. We will see..

Very sensible policy! Thank you!