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« on: January 28, 2025, 03:29 »
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« Reply #1 on: January 28, 2025, 04:11 »
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They rightly point out two problems - that the adobe filter keeps resetting itself which is a nuisance for the customer and the more difficult problem on all agencies that undeclared ai is creeping in.

SS has a huge problem with that and even on Getty you can find ai made images, videos and illustrations.

A lot less, but the problem exists and some producers think there is nothing wrong with sneaking in their ai.

However a lot of very crappy photos also exist on all sites, in principle it is not a new problem.

« Reply #2 on: January 28, 2025, 06:48 »
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Thanks for those links. It's good to have buyer perspective - without buyers, we (contributors) are wasting our time, after all :)

Even with a persistent filter choice for buyers - to let those who don't want to see genAI content avoid it - I think the issue of crazy-long review times and very low volumes of new non-AI content will be noticed by buyers.

I think it's a variation on an old notion that "bad money drives out good". IMO the better choice would be to very tightly curate the genAI collection, so that it's adding value to the collection instead of flooding it with content that buyers want to hide because it's a nuisance.

Yesterday I shared some stats about a week's addition to the collection. Buyers need to see usable new content coming in on a regular basis - look at the history of now-defunct stock web sites that ran into trouble if they didn't keep the new content coming.

« Reply #3 on: January 28, 2025, 09:43 »
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What you are suggesting  are macrostock style edited premium collections, which exist but people dont like paying for :)

Otherwise microstock is the world of mostly amateur content.

Before ai, the camera only content was pretty ghastly if you search by newest.

It was not high end premium content from professional photographers.

I am sure Adobe has done the math and fresh ai with good lighting and composition looks a lot better than the amateur photo snap shots.

If ai was selling badly they would not accept it. They take 5 million a week and have tripled their inspection team. So ai content must be immensly valuable for them.

I doubt the issue is as big ad the artickes make it out to be, otherwise there would be a huge move of customers to ss or istock.

And adobe would greatly limit ai uploads.

If they are not doing that it is because they are making money.

All agencies could benefit from more edited collections, maybe a middle tier version.

The question is will customers be ready to pay for this service?

Probably notbut whoever wants to can choose to buy macrostock whenever they like.
« Last Edit: January 28, 2025, 10:27 by cobalt »

« Reply #4 on: February 07, 2025, 10:47 »
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Thank you for the link.

The best solution for us that do not do AI and feel embarrassed by image made with AI, that nearly always has terrible mistakes, is to direct people to agencies that have it much more under control.

When I get asked where to find usable stock I do not recommend Adobe anymore because of this, and have turned my recommendation to Istock if they want micro prices or Stocksy if they have the money as the also do not accept any kind of AI images. Artgrid for Video and Arcangel also do not accept AI.
« Last Edit: February 07, 2025, 10:52 by everest »

« Reply #5 on: February 08, 2025, 07:01 »
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This does tally with a few buyers i know who use AS primarily.  They dont want AI, chances are will never want AI but the search keeps turning up AI and the filters keep disappearing.
One in particular wonders if its a deliberate attempt by Adobe to force it on people as they've literally bet the company on it.

The more i think about this the more i think it needs two totally different portals and searches to clearly and easily separate the 2 things.  They're not compatible with each other.

« Reply #6 on: February 08, 2025, 13:22 »
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my sales in ai are the same or slightly increasing but my camera content, mostly older, is increasing more.

i fully support customers should have a really easy, sticky option to choose to exclude ai or camera in any way they like.

I do both, so it is fine with me. many things are much easier and cheaper to produce with camera than with ai. also takes less time.

but there are other things where ai is the better tool.


 

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