New apps help artists protect work from AI art theft
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Recent news revealed Midjourney AI used stolen art to train its art generation tool, showing the unethical nature of AI art.
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New free apps Glaze and Nightshade from University of Chicago researchers prevent AI tools from using images to generate content.
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Glaze adds digital noise to images so they can't be read by AI, while Nightshade "poisons" images to confuse AI models.
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The apps work against multiple AI art generators like Midjourney, Stable Diffusion, and DALL-E. Attempts to remove the effects have failed.
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Artists can download Glaze and Nightshade to "glaze" and "poison" images before posting them online to prevent AI art theft.