How is AI content being more accepted than real photos?

All Stock assets are expected to meet the same high quality and visual standards, regardless if they’re real photos, vectors, 2D/3D graphics, hand-drawn illustrations or generative AI. 

If your assets have a high rejection rate, you’re likely not checking your work carefully enough prior to submission.  Your work should be as good or better than what Stock is selling now. Compare your work with similar inventory.

Stock expects commercial quality assets for use in professional projects. Read your Contributor User Guide for more tips.

• https://helpx.adobe.com/stock/contributor/help/photography-illustrations.html
• https://helpx.adobe.com/stock/contributor/help/editing-dos-and-dont.html
• https://helpx.adobe.com/stock/contributor/help/reasons-for-content-rejection.html
• https://helpx.adobe.com/stock/contributor/help/quality-and-technical-issues.html

Hope that helps.

The simplest answer is that AI is submitted in much greater numbers than photographs. AI assets now represent nearly 50% of the total database. I submit only photographs, and though the rejection rate, particularly for similars, went up last year, the majority of my submissions are still getting accepted.

I am having no problem getting my photos excepted. Maybe the quality of your photos is the problem. If you upload one or two photos we can review them for you.