Hey [insert brand name], sending me unsolicited emails that I can’t unsubscribe from is one of the best ways to lose me as a customer, and does NOT encourage me to buy more of something…

#iStock #stockphotgraphy #spam #EmailSpam

22 years in graphic design. 22 years of browsing istock for the same goddamn photos of diverse business people shaking hands. 22 years trying to convince clients to go with something different, 22 years of having them insist on diverse business people shaking hands. #22years #graphicdesign #istock
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All The Photo Companies That Have Struck Licensing Deals With AI Firms

Which platforms are selling your photos to AI companies?

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Getty Images Launches AI Image Generator for Stock Photos

Getty Images has launched Generative AI by iStock: an AI image generator that allows customers to create their own AI stock photos.

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Getty made an AI generator that only trained on its licensed images

Getty Images is partnering with #Nvidia to launch Generative AI by Getty Images, a tool that lets people create images using Getty’s library of licensed photos.

Generative AI by Getty Images is trained only on the Getty Images library, including premium content, giving users full #copyright indemnification

#GettyImages #iStock #artificialintelligence #AI #generativeAI #photography #stockphotos #tech

https://www.theverge.com/2023/9/25/23884679/getty-ai-generative-image-platform-launch

Getty made an AI generator that only trained on its licensed images

Generative AI by Getty Images trained on the company’s vast library of images and also provides copyright indemnification for commercial use of AI art.

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I so rarely get answers to my designery questions, I should interact with more "front end people" (why does that sound slightly lewd in my head)

anyway

am I right in thinking that iStock kinda sucks and has poor selection, or is this as good as it gets? before a year or so ago I hadn't bought stock photos in quite a while. #istock #design

I was wandering around the #LondonBridge area and came across the #RiverThames, with this lovely view of #HMSBelfast and #TowerBridge in the background, all lit up and pretty.

#Photography available via #GettyImages / #iStock by Getty.

#TravelPhotography
#TravelDestination
#London

Getty Images Launches First Model Release That Covers AI and Biometrics

The new release includes protections for using models' faces to build tools for AI and machine learning.

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When to Pay for Copyright Permissions

I have been asked a lot recently about when an author needs to get permission to use a photograph or other imagery in their book, website, or other marketing materials. I have written about this before, but here is a bit more detail.

http://lunastationquarterly.com/when-to-pay-for-copyright-permissions/

#art #contract #copyright #creativecomons #fairuse #fee #image #imagery #istock #license #permission #photograph #publicdomain #shutterstock

When to Pay for Copyright Permissions

I have been asked a lot recently about when an author needs to get permission to use a photograph or other imagery in their book, website, or other marketing materials. I have written about this be…

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