Adobe's new AI (artificial intelligence) image generator, "Firefly," promises to produce creative images without infringing on the work of others.
On Tuesday, Adobe announced a new family of artificial intelligence models called Firefly. Unlike other image generators that use samples from the internet, Adobe said its service is built only with images sourced from stock image sites, open source works and public domain content.
Are you excited to try out Adobe's Firefly beta? If so, you can go ahead and submit your request right now! Unfortunately, due to the sheer volume of requests currently being submitted, the page is temporarily overloaded. Once it's live, however, users will be able to take advantage of a powerful AI-powered text-to-image creation system that allows to make edits, such as aspect ratio changes or lighting adjustments, after entering an initial prompt. Plus, they have access to different art styles!
What’s most impressive about Adobe’s plans for its AI is the extensive dataset it’s being trained on, which includes content from Adobe Stock as well as open source and public domain sources. This means the AI will be exposed to a wide range of data that can help improve its accuracy and efficiency in areas like photo editing and image recognition.
During a conversation with The Verge, Adobe's vice president of generative artificial intelligence, Alexandru Costin, said that their system couldn't generate material similar to other brands or intellectual properties purely because it hadn't been exposed to the brand's content and trademarks.
Adobe emphasized in its FAQ that customer content will never be used to train Firefly. However, the existing license agreement allows them to use stock images that they have contributed for the AI-powered program. Additionally, they are developing a compensation model for contributors — more details on this monetary approach will be available once Firefly comes out of beta and is publicly available. Finally, according to a report by Gizmodo, Adobe will provide more details on the new features in the coming months.
Information source: gizmodo.com
