Adobe has been promoting its Firefly AI as a more ethical alternative to competitors like Midjourney, emphasizing its use of Adobe Stock photos for training. However, it has come to light that Firefly was also trained on AI-generated images, including those created with Midjourney. Approximately 5% of the images used in Firefly's training were AI-generated, some of which were uploaded to Adobe Stock by users. This revelation has sparked discussions about the ethics and transparency of using AI-generated content in training AI models. Adobe has even incentivized contributors to its stock database, rewarding those who submitted AI-generated images. The situation has raised questions about the ethical standards and practices in the development of AI technologies, amid internal disagreement on the ethics of ingesting AI-generated imagery into the model.
Adobe touts its Firefly AI as more ethical than rivals like Midjourney. But it was actually trained on images from them @rachelmetz #ai #MachineLearning https://t.co/iXqdkIpt6Y via @technology
> They "ethically" trained Firefly on Adobe Stock Images. > Adobe Stock images are filled with Midjourney images. > Midjourney images are not "ethically" trained. > Firefly was unethically trained by Midjourney. https://t.co/EiHPv3OPBG
Adobe Firefly Used Thousands of Midjourney Images In Training Its 'Ethical AI' Model https://t.co/qma6TQBOMk
➡️ Advancing ethical AI! Adobe Firefly utilized thousands of midjourney images to train its 'ethical AI' model. https://t.co/i4JJhpIK6O
i went on @technology this morning to talk to @EdLudlow and @CarolineHydeTV about my and @BrodyFord_'s story about Adobe quietly including AI-generated images in the dataset for its AI image generator, Firefly. https://t.co/Ur7Q1Fbnos
Bloomberg and colleagues discuss Adobe's Firefly training on Midjourney Images. (Pixel Laundering) Listen to the recording of the chat. We warned @Adobe about this last year. Wacom's marketing campaign and use Adobe's Ai dragon is also mentioned. https://t.co/Mrhz57dl4B
Ok what's wrong with this picture? Adobe’s ‘Ethical’ Firefly AI Was Trained on Midjourney Images. Company promotes its tool as safe from content scraped from the internet. https://t.co/LEI9GAgDCr
Adobe gave bonus payments to people who contributed to the Adobe Stock database to train its AI, even those who submitted AI-generated images. https://t.co/553SYU7Caf
Adobe was relying in part on AI-generated content to train its Firefly image-generating software. The company said last year that the AI model was trained mainly on Adobe Stock, its database of licensed images. Bloomberg's Rachel Metz reports https://t.co/253G92Ufz2 https://t.co/adUS6vRB4b
Never a boring day in AI: "Adobe’s ‘Ethical’ Firefly AI Was Trained on Midjourney Images" Via Bloomberg https://t.co/C3WF1HWD3h
Adobe Firefly, the "ethical and commercially safe" AI generator, has been laundering data by using AI images from other platforms to train. A 'relatively small' amount of 5% still amounts to literally millions of images. Firefly ISN'T ethical. https://t.co/zq1dHDJ01O https://t.co/IrDeKQxeyR
"Adobe said... about 5%... of the images used to train its #AI tool was generated by other AI platforms... [T]here has been internal disagreement on the #ethics and optics of ingesting AI-generated imagery into the model" #tech #business #data https://t.co/bZXMOheAOC
Adobe trained Firefly on images that they licensed from artists. But some of the artists who created those images used AI tools to make them. Expect more of this. There is no data since 2022 that will not be in some way contaminated by AI created content trained in unclear ways. https://t.co/hWMO9HTWxC
Adobe used images created by tools like Midjourney and uploaded to its stock marketplace by users, to train Firefly; Adobe says ~5% of images were AI-generated (Bloomberg) https://t.co/GTWv7A2ja7 📫 Subscribe: https://t.co/OyWeKSRpIM https://t.co/PckN7fzFP0
You can't make this up! 😁 Adobe's "ethical" Gen AI text-to-image tool Firefly did not only use Adobe Stock photos to train but also AI-generated images created with Midjourney which in-turn uses public internet images. Kind of inception. 😆 https://t.co/hhIZSsKv4I
🚨Scoop from me and @BrodyFord_: Adobe has touted Firefly as a safe and ethical alternative to competitors like Midjourney… but it also quietly trained Firefly on Midjourney images. Adobe’s ‘Ethical’ Firefly AI Was Trained on Midjourney Images https://t.co/LIYD9RuExS
🚨Scoop from me and @BrodyFord_: Adobe has touted Firefly as a safe and ethical alternative to competitors like Midjourney… but it also trained Firefly on a slew of Midjourney images. Adobe’s ‘Ethical’ Firefly AI Was Trained on Midjourney Images https://t.co/LIYD9RuExS
Adobe touts its Firefly AI as more ethical than rivals like Midjourney. But it was actually trained on images from them. https://t.co/Ep1eadjQML
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