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Reviewed and published by trentmaziarz, May 11, 2026. Discovered and drafted by our automated research pipeline.
Alamy uses a Quality Control (QC) team process to detect and reject AI-generated imagery submitted by contributors, classifying such images as 'Unsuitable Material' and removing them from the platform. The company has publicly stated it does not accept any imagery wholly or partially created by AI generation tools.
Details
Alamy's contributor help pages and official blog state that the QC team reviews submissions and will reject or remove images found to be AI-generated. The policy covers images created by tools such as Midjourney or those using Generative Fill, while minor AI-assisted retouching (such as denoise) on original photographs is permitted. Alamy has acknowledged that AI-generated content is not always labelled and can be difficult to identify at a glance, indicating that detection relies on human reviewers rather than a fully automated AI detection system.
Products affected
Alamy contributor platformAlamy Image Manager
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Trace Foundation. (2026). Alamy: Alamy uses a Quality Control (QC) team process to detect and reject AI-generated imagery submitted by contributors, classifying such images as 'Unsuitable Material' and removing them from the platform. The company has publicly stated it does not accept any imagery wholly or partially created by AI generation tools (data as of 2026-05-11) [Data set record]. AI Trace. https://www.aitrace.org/r/practice/fbfae980-3982-4f2d-b89b-d9708fd83f63. Accessed October 3, 2026.
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- https://www.aitrace.org/r/practice/fbfae980-3982-4f2d-b89b-d9708fd83f63
- Data as of
- May 11, 2026
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Other practices by Alamy
OtherAlamy integrated its licensed image library into BRIA AI's 'Fair Diffusion Program,' a generative AI initiative where Alamy's images were used to train an AI image-generation model that attributes and compensates the original photographers when their work contributes to a generated image. Alamy announced this partnership in September 2023.RecommendationAlamy offers Smart Search, an opt-in AI-powered search tool for signed-in users that goes beyond traditional keyword matching to find relevant images based on the meaning of a query. Built with Amazon Web Services, it was launched in late 2025 and allows users to describe what they need in natural language or concept-driven terms.OtherAlamy offers its image library — branded as the 'Alamy Access Collection' — to third-party AI developers and researchers for licensing as training data for machine learning models. Alamy states it shares revenue from these data training deals with the contributing photographers whose images are used.
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