October 25, 2022

Shutterstock to Start Selling Art Created by AI

Shutterstock, the leading photo licensing service, plans to start selling some unusual images — those created using Artificial Intelligence — alongside typical human-made ones, the company said on its website. 

The AI ​​images will be created exclusively on OpenAI's DALL-E 2 software. Both companies promise that the human creators whose work inspired the AI images ​​will receive compensation. However, one well-known artist has already described the move as "leaking sewer water into the drinking system." According to the New Scientist media outlet, Shutterstock was one of several photo agencies that had begun removing AI-generated art from their archives last month.

Read the full version of the article at the link: newscientist.com