ETHICS + LAW
The Ansel Adams estate publicly scolded Adobe for selling AI-generated stock images in the style of the landscape photographer best known for his black-and-white images of the American West. Posted on Threads, the estate added that it has been trying to reach Adobe since August 2023 to delete the images. In response, Adobe said it removed images that violated its AI content policies.
Meanwhile, an AI-generated image with the slogan "All Eyes on Prosperity" went viral with more than 50 million shares on Instagram and Facebook last week. The image was created to draw attention to Israel's airstrike on a camp for displaced persons in Gaza – but it also spurred an onslaught of AI-generated spinoff images showing distressed Palestinian women and children, according to 404. The original image was created by a Malaysian woman, but the version that went viral was modified by another Malaysian artist, who removed a watermark signaling that the image was made with AI.