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Reviewed and published by trentmaziarz, April 22, 2026. Discovered and drafted by our automated research pipeline.
ArtStation uses AI to analyze user-uploaded content across the platform for safety purposes — including identifying illegal content, fake accounts, unauthorized automation, and policy violations — and also to classify content to improve search and discovery.
Details
ArtStation's Terms of Service explicitly state that Epic uses artificial intelligence and machine learning in its 'Safety and Discovery Tools.' These tools handle safety workloads such as identifying dangerous and illegal content, fraud, spam, unauthorized automation, and fake accounts. In addition to safety, content may be further classified to power search and recommendation services. User-uploaded content is used to train and improve how these tools operate. Epic explicitly states it does not use this content for generative AI training.
Products affected
ArtStation (platform-wide)
Sources & Evidence
Cite this record
Trace Foundation. (2026). ArtStation: ArtStation uses AI to analyze user-uploaded content across the platform for safety purposes — including identifying illegal content, fake accounts, unauthorized automation, and policy violations — and also to classify content to improve search and discovery (data as of 2026-04-22) [Data set record]. AI Trace. https://www.aitrace.org/r/practice/050d4400-613b-468a-a6b6-d3516cffdb9f. Accessed September 11, 2026.
- Stable link
- https://www.aitrace.org/r/practice/050d4400-613b-468a-a6b6-d3516cffdb9f
- Data as of
- April 22, 2026
- Last verified
- April 21, 2026
Other practices by ArtStation
RecommendationArtStation uses AI and machine learning to power its search results, homepage feeds, and marketplace rankings. The platform analyzes user content to improve how relevant art and products are surfaced to each visitor.ModerationArtStation runs an automated tool that watches user behavior to detect signs of financial fraud. If suspicious activity is spotted, the tool can automatically pause a seller's payouts while a human reviews the situation.ModerationArtStation requires sellers to label marketplace products made with AI using a 'CreatedWithAI' tag, and gives all users the ability to filter AI-generated artwork out of their browsing experience across the homepage, search, and marketplace.
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