ATTENTION! Starting today, Adobe Stock hides AI images for customers BY DEFAULT!

['NO-AI' NOT ALLOWED]

I visit the site every day in the search section. And today I noticed that suddenly by default "Exclude Generative AI" is now set when searching!

This is a serious loss for the creators of AI content, because from now on AI content will sell even worse, several times worse.

Even if the user does not find a relevant image among regular photos and illustrations, Adobe Stock will not suggest options from AI content when setting "Exclude Generative AI"!

This is a terrible innovation for AI creators, about which the creators of AI content were not informed in any way. 

How long will it last? Or forever?

Is there any information about this anywhere? News? I have not received any letter from Adobe.

[CIHIRIS]

Adobe need to be careful...they need to embrace fully like theyve been doing or we as professionals will move to just using AI for our assets. The open source options like FLUX with Loras can produce perfect images you can't tell apart from real photography. I'm a professional photog too so I even have trouble telling side by side if it's done right. I can either purchase AI generated content on their platform with our huge corporate plan or I can just suggest that all of our 200 employees using it atart using our own generative content? I mean it's up to Adobe. If I can't find it easy, we just go elsewhere. Simple.

[Jill314659645pbw]

I have ai selected when I use ai for even a small part of the image even when removing something 

[daniellei4510]

Admirable. Not required in most cases, but better safe than sorry.

[Jill314659645pbw]

Ohh I thought I read that I had to thank you so much.  I would like to add that when I do a search it does include ai 

[daniellei4510]

This hasn't been my experience to date. Does your filter choices show the Exclude Generative AI as the default. It hasn't reached everyone yet.

[Jill_C]

That really isn't necessary. The guidelines state that declaring an asset as AI isn't required when you're simply removing distracting objects.

Examples when to label your image as generative AI:

• Generating new additions, such as a new person, animal, or object
• Adding new subjects might compromise the accuracy of an image
• Making significant adjustments or changes to a human subject in an image
• Recoloring the primary subject of an image

Examples when you wouldn’t be obligated to label an image as generative AI:

• Extending background for any reason
• Removing IP or other forms of retouching
• Removing distracting objects or people
• Recoloring the background of an image

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[Worker404]

You mentioned a list of edits that you should check the  made with AI box when uploading your images, but this confirms that not all images made with artificial intelligence are bad images, Some of edits are for removing distractions in the image and improving colors.

I don't know how things are going, on my computer everything is still normal, my portfolio appears when I click on view portfolio, the automatic options you are talking about are not enabled on my computer. On my phone portfolio doesn't appear "This an old  issue and I know about it", but when I search for any image, the filter "Exclude AI images" is enabled.

The problem is also when removing those filters or choosing the filter to display only AI images that the AI image results do not appear, some times I don't find the option to view Ai images at all in filters section.

Surely, buyers won't buy assets from phones, but the question is: Will this significantly impact my sales?My assets may appear to some, while others may not see any AI images at all.

[Jill_C]

I just searched on my iPhone, and the "Exclude Generstive AI" filter doesn't appear at the top of the page. "All" is still the default. However, when I search on my iPad the filter is there. Haven't tried on my PC yet. Your screen shot does show the AI filter on the left side, as does mine. Nevertheless, I don't think any serious Buyers are going to use their phones to search for images. Probably not their tablets either.

I don't think this change will have any noticeable effect on sales of AI images. If a Buyer want to include AI images in their search it takes just a fraction of a second to turn off that filter. And Buyers who have been asking for such an automatic filter will be happy that they no longer have to navigate down to the AI section on the Filter panel to the left each and every time they initiate a new search.

[daniellei4510]

I'm taking a wait and see attitude. My sales have in fact been down, but I believe that has been due to holidays and national events such as severe weather and the LA fires. I also, by choice, create assets that I enjoy making, but that aren't necessarily in high demand, yet apparently fill a void other contributors haven't been billing. I only sold two assets yesterday, for example, and they were of surreal yet photo realistic portraits that I suspect only could have been found with the filter set to accepting AI.

Meanwhile, sales are typically slow to non-existent on weekends, and Mondays aren't great either, so I'll see what happens on Tuesday and beyond. In any event, I've cancelled my Midjourney account for the time being and will be concentrating on the assets I already have and on rejected assets that new technologies and a better awareness of potential issues will help make those rejections acceptable the second time around. 

[Abambo]

You mentioned a list of edits that you should check the  made with AI box when uploading your images, but this confirms that not all images made with artificial intelligence are bad images, Some of edits are for removing distractions in the image and improving colors.

By Worker404

You need to read the rules. @Jill_C just cited the rules.

I just searched for generative AI assets using "fresh vegetables" and on the first page, I see an image full of errors:

The problem is also when removing those filters or choosing the filter to display only AI images that the AI image results do not appear, some times I don't find the option to view Ai images at all in filters section.

Surely, buyers won't buy assets from phones, but the question is: Will this significantly impact my sales?My assets may appear to some, while others may not see any AI images at all.

By Worker404

No and no. Changing the filter works fine and people are buying from phones. Your issues are probably locally, either with your phone (using some specific software to block some content) or with your internet service provider, who runs a firewall blocking content, or your location like being in one of the restricted countries. 

[Worker404]

I knew before that the problem was related to the geographic location or the ISP, but this is strange. It doesn't work on all my home devices except the laptop.I don't use any means to block content etc, I'm not a buyer so that's not what I'm talking about, the point is that what's happening to me is a search for assets It may happen to a large percentage of people who also have a similar problem for any reason.

For errors in AI images, I won't deny that, I'm just talking about those people who designed/picked a photo and used AI to edit Lighting, removing clutter, blurring the background, etc.

[Abambo]

I have ai selected when I use ai for even a small part of the image even when removing something 

By Jill314659645pbw

You need to mark your asset as AI, when the modification you do is changing the image considerably. It's not required, as an example, if you remove a disturbing item, it is however required, when adding a main item, like a person, or a dog or a cat besides the dog. You should recheck the requirements. 

And content aware modifications to never require setting the flag.

[Worker404]

If so this could be why my sales have dropped so significantly, since when did this auto filter update start?

['NO-AI' NOT ALLOWED]

As I wrote above - I noticed this since yesterday.
Probably they started implementing it yesterday, but maybe for a small number of users it was implemented earlier.

I had good sales before January 10th for AI images. Let's see what the sales will be after January 10th.

[Abambo]

If so this could be why my sales have dropped so significantly, since when did this auto filter update start?

By Worker404

Very recently. 

[Worker404]

I wouldn't mind if my sales weren't affected by this move. But on the subject, What was difficult to make the filter not always automatic, instead you can select the filter and your selection is saved in browser cookies?

[Alexandra34520339p8jn]

That is quite unfair and demotivating for AI contributors, what's the sense to upload if noone will see your content with this filter

[Jill_C]

Buyers have been asking for such an automatic filter for a long time, because many do not want to use AI images in their designs. Sometimes it's a decision by the management of their company or agency or even their clients. Having to navigate down to the AI section of the filter panel in the left side if the screen is time-consuming. Now it's a default at the top of the page of search results. And for those who DO want to include AI images in their results, clicking that box to turn off the filter takes a fraction of a second. Imdint think this will have any noticeable impact on sales of AI images, but time will tell.

[Matsam77]

Nobody except a niche group ever requested an AUTOMATIC filter. They have a filter to exclude it that works perfectly fine, this is just not normal to exclude by default. Filters don't work that way, imagine if you have to go to filters to ADD every single thing you want, and not the other way around which is the normal and simple way, exclude what you do not.

[Abambo]

Nobody except a niche group ever requested an AUTOMATIC filter.

By Matsam77

You do not know what customers requested. You are not Adobe customer service.

All is depending on what you define a niche group. It looks like there were enough. customers to request that. It may also be that Adobe first tried to make the flag sticky and it found out that this does not work as intended. It may be that they are still working on a better solution. This is the second best solution for buyers. The best solution would be a sticky flag. Some buyers requested to have this, or to have generative AI assets to be removed from the database. But as you know, there is a market for generative AI assets, or Adobe would not keep them.

['NO-AI' NOT ALLOWED]

This is a very poor excuse for incompetence and indifference to the development of the graphical interface for users on Adobe Stock. Is it really so difficult to add a Sticky parameter to a checkbox?

This will have a huge impact on sales, AI content will now sell 80-90% worse than if it were not there. Because almost no one will uncheck this box, they will not even notice it.

This parameter should be set as Sticky, which customers would set at their own discretion, and not as Permanent. In addition, this parameter is now automatically returned. If you "close" it - if you reload the page, it will appear again.

This is a terrible decision that kills everyone who made neuro images for Adobe Stock. This is a really big blow to the creators of neural content.

It would be better if Adobe Stock developers created a separate category for neural images, and did not create such a restriction. And took care of high-quality moderation of any content, and did not create a bad reputation for neural images.

Neural images are as hard work as 3D, vector or drawings. To create high-quality images, you need to work hard and set everything up for a long time.

By introducing such a strict restriction without warning, the owners of Adobe Stock are sharply hitting the creators of neural content. Adobe Stock is probably trying to lure customers to its image generation tools, while hiding neural images of private authors in order to eliminate competitors.

At the same time, Adobe Stock is deliberately introducing this change in stages so that there is no mass indignation from neural authors. I think this is an extremely bad attitude towards their contributors - to change the policy without notification, and even in a smooth mode.

[Alexandra34520339p8jn]

It takes the same fraction of a second to turn off AI results for those who don’t want them. And lfor those customers - AI is everywhere,  unless you're living completely off-grid in the middle of the forest. After accepting a lot of poor-quality AI content, it seems Adobe Stock opted for a quick fix rather than tackling the root issue.

[daniellei4510]

What I've never quite understood is why the filter panel doesn't appear until one has made their initial search. It should appear on every search result by default, including the initial search including and especially on the opening page.

[starush777]

Yes, they could have approached this with a better understanding of usability for customers. For instance, by simply providing each customer with a personal option in their profile to “Exclude AI assets in search results permanently,” and announcing it in Adobe’s usual manner—with a colorful pop-up banner on every page. This would definitely work for all those buyers who don't want to see AI assets in their search results.
But instead, they chose to act covertly and to disable AI assets in results without any announce. The difference between these two approaches is obvious and cannot be accidental.

[Jill_C]

A permanent switch to exclude AI assets wouldn't work for Buyers. Buyers are generally searching for images for a specific project for a specific client. If the client has specified "no-AI images", they want to filter those out. If the next client project they're working on doesn't necessarily want to exclude AI images, then they have to turn the filter off again...