Concerns About AI Review System and Unfair Rejections

Forum|Forum|6 months ago
August 20, 2025
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Hello Adobe Stock Team and Community,

I wanted to share my concern regarding the current AI review system for submissions. I’ve noticed that some of my files are being rejected with the reason cited as “similar content,” even though they are unique and original.

As a contributor, it feels discouraging when creative work is rejected automatically, without human verification. I understand the importance of maintaining quality standards, but I feel the current system may not fully recognize originality and uniqueness in all cases.

I hope Adobe can consider refining the AI review process or include a human review option for contested rejections. This would help contributors like me continue creating confidently, knowing our work will be judged fairly.

Thank you for listening. I look forward to feedback and discussion from the community.

— Sandeep Kumar

Contributors

Nancy OShea

Community Expert

They don't regard this as a problem. Adobe wants more unique content.

https://helpx.adobe.com/stock/contributor/help/how-to-submit-distinct-content.html

Compare your work with other Stock inventory before you submit.

Use less common keywords & titles.

Nancy O'Shea— Product User & Community Expert

Jill_C

Community Expert

Similars rejections have been discussed here regularly for many months now since Adobe changed their reviewing practices earlier this year. You will receive no reply here from Adobe. They seem to believe that the algorithm works the way they want it to. For Contributors, this is now the "new normal".

Jill C., Forum Volunteer

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Sahil Ansari

Participant

Well Bad news for you buddy as eveyone as AI to generate and they wanna out it to good use and in there eyes they only see adobe stock that accepts AI images others also do but adobe stock really stands out so there are I guess thousands of new spammer contributors that are putting AI generate images so that's why My hypotesis says that they are doing this and rejecting images to tackle Spam But I would suggest you to be creative And we don't know till when this AI spamming will stop and if things normalise again then surely i would say adobe stock never dissapoint genuine and regular contributor

daniellei4510

Community Expert

Photographers and illustrators are receiving the same similarity rejections. AI spamming appears to have been reduced drastically since new submissions rules were put into place.

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