Today, Adobe launched Firefly Image 3. With a big upgrade in quality, Adobe declares that “we remain committed to developing generative AI responsib

4 Ethical Issues with the Adobe Firefly approach

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2024-04-24 02:30:10

Today, Adobe launched Firefly Image 3. With a big upgrade in quality, Adobe declares that “we remain committed to developing generative AI responsibly with creators at the center.”

Although I admire Adobe's efforts to support C2PA, Firefly has four major copyright concerns that muddy their ethical argument. In this article, I share those concerns and propose a pro-artist alternative model for AI image generators that supports a healthier ecosystem.

Adobe claims the use of Adobe Stock images to train their Firefly AI model is covered under the existing contributor agreement, which grants Adobe rights to "develop new features and services" from the contributed content (source).

However, some contributors argue they were not explicitly notified or did not realize this broad language would allow Adobe to train an AI model that could potentially generate derivative works mimicking their art style.

“The Adobe Stock Contributor Agreement isn't at all clear about the use of contributor photos for this kind of thing. I expect backlash from stock photographers about the use of their images to train Adobe's AI model” wrote one artist in an ArsTechnical forum.