Adobe Welcomes Creators To Sell AI-Generated Stock Images Online

Adobe Stock is embracing the changing landscape of art by now selling and hosting content generated by artificial intelligence.
 
AI art has been at the center of much fascination and discourse in the last few months. Some institutions have banned the use of it, stating that it infringed on copyright issues, while other places, such as Shutterstock, are welcoming the new art movement with promises to handle it “responsibly.”

Adobe’s senior director Sarah Casillas tells Axios that the decision to incorporate AI creations comes after the company found that they have met its quality standards and are “performing well.”

Seconding this, creator Alex Q comments in the Adobe blog post: “There is a way to integrate generative AI in the right way. With the scale that Adobe has, I believe they can do it right. I think it comes down to whoever does it first and how companies engage their communities with these tools responsibly.”

 
To be clear, the company is not providing its own model. Instead, it’s welcoming the likes of creations produced on platforms such as DALL-E, Stable Diffusion, and Midjourney.
 
In order to go about posting your pieces on the site, you will need to own the content and have the rights to it for Adobe Stock to use the content. If you need clarification on what that entails, you can read through Adobe Stock Contributor terms to get a better understanding. 
 
Adobe will also send the AI-generated work through its current and updated guidelines.
 
In addition, as the AI art will not be getting its own category on the website, you will have to mark the work as an illustration rather than a photo.
 
And lastly, you must clearly label that a generative model did your work. DIY Photography suggests writing things like “Generative AI” in your title to alert your customers and Adobe of the nature of the piece.
 
 
 
[via DIY Photography and Axios, Photo 159218761 © Andreistanescu | Dreamstime.com]