Figma CEO Dylan Field says the company will temporarily disable its “Make Design” AI feature that was said to be ripping off the designs o

Figma disables its AI design feature that appeared to be ripping off Apple’s Weather app

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2024-07-02 16:30:16

Figma CEO Dylan Field says the company will temporarily disable its “Make Design” AI feature that was said to be ripping off the designs of Apple’s own Weather app. The problem was first spotted by Andy Allen, the founder of NotBoring Software, which makes a suite of apps that includes a popular, skinnable Weather app and other utilities. He found by testing Figma’s tool that it would repeatedly reproduce Apple’s Weather app when used as a design aid.

Allen had taken to X, formerly Twitter, to accuse Figma of “heavily” training its tool on existing apps — an accusation Field now denies.

Figma AI looks rather heavily trained on existing apps. This is a "weather app" using the new Make Designs feature and the results are basically Apple's Weather app (left). Tried three times, same results. https://t.co/Ij20OpPCer pic.twitter.com/psFTV6daVD

The Make Design feature is available within Figma’s software and will generate UI (user interface) layouts and components from text prompts. “Just describe what you need, and the feature will provide you with a first draft,” is how the company explained it when the feature launched.