Clip Studio Paint cancels the AI image generator amid backlash from users

After backlash from its users, Clip Studio paint, a Japanese illustration app has pulled the plug on a newly announced AI image-generator tool. A blog post Update to its announcement, Celsys (the company behind Clip Studio Paint) apologized to its community, saying, “We were so preoccupied with how generative AI technology could be used creatively that we lost sight of what our core users want from Clip Studio Paint as a creative tool.”

Celsys Announcement it would be launching the “experimental image generator palette” on November 29th as part of a winter update due December 6th. According to the company the feature would be built upon the Open-source Stable Diffusion AI model, which has been criticized by artists for its use of artists’ and photographers’ work in its training data without permission. In a disclaimer for the experimental feature, Celsys even admitted that “We cannot guarantee that images generated by the current model will not infringe on the rights of others.”

Celsys noted that the company had not provided any user data to train the AI system but that it was “fully aware of the valid concerns that have been raised inside the art community” about such software. While the company said it would solicit feedback from its customers, it was quickly criticised across social media platforms like Twitter and Facebook. Twitter Reddit. Three days later, it removed the feature. 

AI image generators like Stable Diffusion and DALL-E have been widely criticized for using artists’ work in their training datasets. Open-source models such as Stable Diffusion allow users to tweak models based on specific artists’ work. This can sometimes lead to backlash from fans like those who follow South Korean illustrators. Kim Jung GiHe was followed by AI who replicated his style. These debates led to the invention of AI. Some artist communities have banned the use of certain words Convention spacesThese systems are still legal. ambiguous.

Recent Report in Rest of World suggests that the Japanese art community has been especially hostile toward the concept of autonomous image generation — and Celsys is a Japanese company. The phrase “No AI Learning” went viral across Twitter in Japan earlier this year after people were caught uploading other artists’ work to the Mimic image generation platform. 

However, there are many firms that use similar AI-powered tools. Canva, ShutterstockAnd MicrosoftHowever, this is an example of a company that has backed down to address concerns raised by its users. Clip Studio Paint Already annoyed users earlier this year after announcing the platform would be moving from a one-time purchase model to a monthly subscription — emulating Adobe’s software-as-a-service business.