Adobe Confirms Plan To Sell AI-Generated Stock Images – SlashGear

Adobe has announced that instead of shunning artificial intelligence, it’s going to be among the first to embrace it in an unexpected way — by adding it to Adobe Stock. While this was previously not an option, from now on, artists will be allowed to add images created by AI. The only caveat is that they must be labeled as such, so artists will not be able to claim they drew the image themselves.

In the announcement, Adobe emphasized the fact that it wants artificial intelligence to complement human artists and not replace them. This is a valid concern for many people in the art community — as AI art grows better and faster, fewer people may appreciate, and appropriately price, the creativity of human artists. However, Adobe makes its stance on the matter rather clear by saying: “Adobe is committed to helping lead the evolution that will come from this technology into tools that empower artists, while never seeking to replace human imagination.”

Becoming part of the Adobe Stock photo repository is a big step for AI-generated content. There might come a time in the future when a lot of the imagery we see online is supported by artificial intelligence, if not made entirely by it, so it’s going to be interesting to see how popular the AI images will be on Adobe Stock, and whether the company will have to face any legal troubles because of the unclear copyright laws.