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Why were my AI-generated images rejected while similar ones got accepted?

New Here ,
Jun 12, 2025 Jun 12, 2025

Hi Adobe Stock community,

I need help understanding inconsistent moderation of my AI-generated submissions. Here’s what happened:

The Issue

  • Rejected: 10+ AI images (all 4096x4096px, 96 DPI).

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  • Approved: 3 nearly identical images submitted earlier 

  • nemuak_1-1749751975003.png

My Question

I’m struggling to understand why some of my AI-generated images are being rejected while nearly identical ones get approved. Could you help me figure out if this is a technical issue (image quality) or a submission mistake on my part?

 

My personal Suspicion: Are hidden flaws (artifacts, noise) causing rejections, or did I mislabel something?

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Sorry that the screenshot language is provided in german. Which of these two should I mark for submission ? 

 

Thanks a lot ! ! ! 

 

 

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Community Expert ,
Jun 12, 2025 Jun 12, 2025

Your images are stuck in Virus scans. Only thing I can tell you from the one I can see is that you should select No when there are no property or recognizable people in your images.

 

As far as the rejections go, a number of contributors, myself included, are receiving rejections for assets that are too similar to others in the database. This may be true in some cases, but many that are arguably unique are also being rejected as similar despite having no quality issues.


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Community Expert ,
Jun 12, 2025 Jun 12, 2025

Have you looked at existing images in the Adobe Stock database? If I search AI images for "key" I get more than 1 million hits. If I search for "red heart" I get more than 3 million hits... These simple images already exist in abundance in the database. That's why they were rejected.

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Jun 12, 2025 Jun 12, 2025
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Machine generated graphics have to be checked for accuracy and good image quality.

 

To be honest, the AI generated icons I've seen lately, all look similar. I think that's the risk you take when using a service that churns out millions of similar assets for practical use. It's not as important to be unique. 

 

On the other hand, Stock is a commercial business that wants unique content. They have to please their paying customers.

 

Make sense?

 

Nancy O'Shea— Product User, Community Expert & Moderator
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