Phil Posted November 28 Share Posted November 28 Some agencies are being inundated by AI generated images as a result of their acceptance of AI imagery. Much of it reportedly coming from lesser-developed regions of the world. The often quoted axiom "there's an over-supply of stock images" is being taken by amazing speed to astounding levels by AI generated media: https://www.designboom.com/technology/ai-has-generated-150-years-worth-of-photographs-in-less-than-12-months-study-shows-08-21-2023/ 1 1 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
geogphotos Posted November 28 Share Posted November 28 Excellent reasons for Alamy not to accept AI images. 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steve F Posted November 28 Share Posted November 28 Agreed Ian. Wow, now I might know why my sales have tailed off this year... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wahavi Posted November 28 Share Posted November 28 One type of images AI will never be able to produce: news (including editorial images about today). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nick Hatton Posted November 28 Share Posted November 28 43 minutes ago, Wahavi said: One type of images AI will never be able to produce: news (including editorial images about today). No, but they could have a stock of things likely to happen all ready to go. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wiskerke Posted November 28 Share Posted November 28 5 hours ago, geogphotos said: Excellent reasons for Alamy not to accept AI images. How does Alamy do that? AFAIK all agencies contributing to Alamy are totally free in what they upload. The assumption being that they have vetted their images. Not just for quality, but also for content. We have seen phone imagery by phone-only (at least initially) agencies for about a decade now. Despite the phone ban. wim Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Mitchell Posted November 28 Share Posted November 28 (edited) 3 hours ago, wiskerke said: How does Alamy do that? AFAIK all agencies contributing to Alamy are totally free in what they upload. The assumption being that they have vetted their images. Not just for quality, but also for content. We have seen phone imagery by phone-only (at least initially) agencies for about a decade now. Despite the phone ban. wim It seems that they have already arrived. Here's one. There appear to be lots more as well. HO! HO! HO! MERRY CHRISTMAS! 🎅 Edited November 28 by John Mitchell Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Mitchell Posted November 28 Share Posted November 28 4 hours ago, Wahavi said: One type of images AI will never be able to produce: news (including editorial images about today). But there's always fake news. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
geogphotos Posted November 28 Share Posted November 28 (edited) I didn't mean that Alamy hasn't or won't accept AI images. I meant that there are good reasons why Alamy - in my opinion - should not. Edited November 28 by geogphotos 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Alamy Posted November 29 Popular Post Share Posted November 29 Hi Everyone, As you know we don't accept AI generated images on site and if we spot any we will be taking them down so they are not for sale. We have an ethical position on our approach to AI imagery which you can read in our blog here Thanks @John Mitchell for alerting us to these images, we have marked the relevant ones for deletion. If you or anyone else spot any more and would like to help us please post below so that we can ensure that we remove them from the platform asap and we can continue to champion photos taken by photographers. Thanks Sophie 2 3 8 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tony ALS Posted November 29 Share Posted November 29 A website search simply typing AI brings up 500 pages of images (the limit so who knows how many more). On the first page there are obvious AI generated images. Should contributors really need to report them? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alamy Posted November 29 Share Posted November 29 Hi @Tony ALS, Not all images tagged with 'AI' or a variation of such are actually AI generated; they could be concept photos or illustrations to suggest an idea of technology or Artificial Intelligence - this does not meant they have actually been created by AI tools. We've found that many contributors do not declare in the captions or tags that images are 'AI generated' but do try to upload this type of content. Unfortunately it is not as easy as relying on keywords alone to find them out. Thanks Sophie 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tony ALS Posted November 29 Share Posted November 29 7 minutes ago, Alamy said: Hi @Tony ALS, Not all images tagged with 'AI' or a variation of such are actually AI generated; they could be concept photos or illustrations to suggest an idea of technology or Artificial Intelligence - this does not meant they have actually been created by AI tools. We've found that many contributors do not declare in the captions or tags that images are 'AI generated' but do try to upload this type of content. Unfortunately it is not as easy as relying on keywords alone to find them out. Thanks Sophie Thanks for clarifying Sophie. I have gone one step further and suggest you look at images using the search term AI generated. 98 pages and many with this in the title. Seems fairly obvious on the surface but maybe I'm missing something? Some also say 'generated with Open AI'! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Martin L Posted November 29 Share Posted November 29 (edited) 10 minutes ago, Tony ALS said: I have gone one step further and suggest you look at images using the search term AI generated. 98 pages and many with this in the title. Seems fairly obvious on the surface but maybe I'm missing something? 20 minutes ago, Alamy said: We've found that many contributors do not declare in the captions or tags that images are 'AI generated' but do try to upload this type of content. Unfortunately it is not as easy as relying on keywords alone to find them out. Edited November 29 by Martin L Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kent Johnson Posted November 29 Share Posted November 29 21 hours ago, Wahavi said: One type of images AI will never be able to produce: news (including editorial images about today). Well they can type 'prompts' and generate pictures as fast as the News happens - that is the other problem already - who can prove the picture is real and which is not. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tony ALS Posted November 29 Share Posted November 29 24 minutes ago, Martin L said: Martin, seems fairly obvious if the contributor has typed 'generated with Open AI'. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
geogphotos Posted November 29 Share Posted November 29 (edited) 32 minutes ago, Kent Johnson said: Well they can type 'prompts' and generate pictures as fast as the News happens - that is the other problem already - who can prove the picture is real and which is not. This is where trusted sources can be relied upon and potentially charge a premium for the extra value that they offer. The only way that Alamy can police this is with a very heavy hand against transgressors - fines, penalties, suspensions, bans. Contributors are already getting hit for errors made over exclusivity. Why not add an additional 'tick box' to verify that all content is legitimate and not AI generated. If Alamy gets drowned out by uncontrolled AI images we are all losers. Edited November 29 by geogphotos 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Harry Harrison Posted November 29 Share Posted November 29 (edited) 5 minutes ago, geogphotos said: Why not add an additional 'tick box' to verify that all content is legitimate and not AI generated. Well yes, but, talk about ironic, all these are marked as "Digitally altered: Unknown". Edited November 29 by Harry Harrison Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
geogphotos Posted November 29 Share Posted November 29 4 minutes ago, Harry Harrison said: Well yes, but, talk about ironic, all these are marked as "Digitally altered: Unknown". The threat of a heavy fine would concentrate minds. 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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