Do you really know? How to protect your art from AI exploitation?
May 20, 2025
Discover the intriguing world of AI art generators that create images from language prompts. The discussion reveals how these tools pose significant risks to artists, as they often scrape existing works without consent. Learn about the challenges artists face in protecting their creations and explore strategies to safeguard their artistic integrity. In under three minutes, the conversation highlights the importance of awareness in the evolving landscape of digital art.
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AI Art Generators Exploit Artists
- AI art generators create images by learning from large datasets of existing art without artists' consent.
- This can lead to unauthorized copying and harming artists' original reputations and income.
British Artists' AI Exploitation Story
- British artists found their art included in AI training data without permission.
- They launched a campaign out of outrage to raise awareness about this issue.
Protecting Your Art from AI
- Use websites like haveibeentrained.com to find if your art is used and request removal.
- Alternatively, apply measures like robots.txt, copyright your work, watermark images, or avoid posting online to protect your art.