Adobe Stock uses AI-powered moderation systems to categorize and screen contributor-submitted assets for policy violations, including detecting the use of artist names in AI-generated content metadata and flagging content that may violate intellectual property guidelines.

Adobe Stock deployed specific generative AI moderation systems to efficiently categorize and review content for policy violations, as confirmed in a 2024 company blog post. The company also uses machine learning classifiers to identify when a submitter has used an artist's name in ways that violate platform policies. Automated content moderation runs at the point of creation for Firefly-generated outputs to check that outputs are safe for professional use, a process that takes approximately 10 seconds per image according to reporting by MIT Technology Review. Human moderators remain part of the review pipeline — Adobe confirmed in September 2024 that it tripled its moderation team — suggesting a combined automated-plus-human approach.