Adobe is a software company best known for Photoshop, Illustrator, Premiere Pro, and the PDF format. It has aggressively integrated generative AI under its Firefly brand.
Adobe Stock contributors whose images were used to train Firefly received compensation bonuses in 2023, but the opt-out mechanism for future training uses has been criticized as insufficient.
Adobe paid out $4.8 million in bonuses to stock contributors whose images were included in Firefly's initial training dataset. However, contributors reported the opt-out process was buried in settings and not retroactive.
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Report a SightingAdobe Firefly generates images, vectors, textures, and video from text prompts, embedded directly in Photoshop, Illustrator, and Adobe Express. Firefly is trained on Adobe Stock images and public domain content.
Adobe positioned Firefly as 'commercially safe' generative AI by training exclusively on licensed Adobe Stock content and public domain material. The system powers Generative Fill, Generative Expand, and Text to Image features.