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January 18, 2024
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I was recently searching for photos of cats for a project and came across a large number of photos of cats with terrified looks on their faces after allegedly "jumping into water". I can't tell is these are AI generated or not, but if they aren't, it seems a little too coincidental for a cat to voluntarily jump into water and where a photographer happens to be present and lucky enough to capture the rare moment . If these are actual photographs then these poor animals are most likely being dropped into water against their free will . So this begs the question as to what standards of animal care does Adobe has in place to ensure its contributors are not causing harm to animals into order to get an interesting photo? Please take this comment seriously. I'll be following up shortly, and I will be drawling the public's attention to the issue if I don't like answer. Best Regards, Craig.

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Correct answer EvilBug1

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Abambo

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@EvilBug1 ?

@craig_nathan81 ,

I taged @EvilBug1 in this message to follow-up. This is nothing that we users can solve. You will need, however, to share the asset ids, either publicly here or by direct message to EvilBug1, so that she can take care of the issue.

ABAMBO | Hard- and Software Engineer | Photographer

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EvilBug1Correct answer

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Thank you for reaching out to Adobe.  We appreciate you sharing your comments and concerns with us.
Adobe cares deeply about the respect and equal treatment of everyone, regardless of gender, race, ethnicity, age, disability, sexual orientation, gender identity, cultural background, or religious beliefs. We are continually auditing, evaluating, and improving the Adobe Stock collections to serve our customers’ needs.

If you notice any asset breaking the rules above, please send me the asset IDs via message, or contact customer support to have a ticket logged. Our content team will follow up and re-evaluation the assets.

Thanks,

EB

John Waller

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I was recently searching for photos of cats for a project and came across a large number of photos of cats with terrified looks on their faces after allegedly "jumping into water".

Got any links showing examples so we can have a productive discussion?

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craig_nathan81Author

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I don't want to single out contributors in case I am wrong, but others have demonstrated how to search for such images.

Any insights as to how a photograph is labelled as AI? Does an AI generated file come auto-tagged as such or is it something the contributor has to identify themselves when uploading?

Nevertheless, I haven't seen any information relative to Adobe's policy for contributors on the prevention of inhumane handling and treatment of animals nor information on how the company monitors for it. I believe it's within the company's responsibility to have a policy in place.

I could be completely out to lunch on this, but i'd rather be wrong than ignore a situation where animals are suffering so people can make a quick buck.

daniellei4510

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Even if the cat images in question were AI (and whether AI or real photographs, we as yet aren't aware of any specific image or images you're speaking of), Adobe would not, or at least should not, be accepting assets depicting torture under any circumstances, or using any medium, short of a moderator who would be in need of some additional training...or a totally new line of work. You would need to point out specific assets to back up your argument, and this forum is probably not the place to do so. We are contributors, not Adobe employees, and you would need to take action with Adobe directly to have your concerns investigated, along with providing specific examples.

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Jill_C

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When I searched for "cats in water" I excluded AI from the search results and got lots of images of cats drinking water and cats being bathed, many of them looking unhappy. I didn't find any that looked like cats had been thrown in water, though I didn't look at all pages.

Jill C., Forum Volunteer

daniellei4510

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I did a search for "cats in water." If you hold your cursor over the results, you will see an "AI" icon in the lower left corner of the image. Most of the results were in fact AI. I didn't come across any actual photographs of a real cat in water save for a couple the cats didn't look look particularly distressed. Although I agree that purposely throwing a cat in water for a photograph is inhumane, it would be very difficult to determine under what exact circumstance were in play at the time a given photograph was taken.

Meanwhile, I did a google search and there are apparently a fair number of breeds of cats that do enjoy taking a swim.

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