AI Usage at a Glance
May 3, 2023
ProductivityPractice documented: Procreate offers QuickShape, a built-in drawing tool that automatically snaps hand-drawn lines and rough shapes into geometrically perfect forms such as circles, squares, and triangles. The feature is available to all users as a default part of the app.
Practice DocumentedView practice →Aug 1, 2024
OtherPractice documented: Procreate announced in August 2024 that it will not add generative AI to any of its products, citing concerns about the impact on human creativity and artists. The company's CEO, James Cuda, confirmed this position publicly via video and an official statement on the company website.
Practice DocumentedView practice →Aug 19, 2024
OtherNew evidence: Procreate takes a stand against generative AI, vows to never incorporate the tech into its products
Evidence AddedView practice →Procreate offers QuickShape, a built-in drawing tool that automatically snaps hand-drawn lines and rough shapes into geometrically perfect forms such as circles, squares, and triangles. The feature is available to all users as a default part of the app.
QuickShape activates when a user draws a shape and holds their Apple Pencil or finger on the canvas; the app then snaps the stroke into a clean geometric shape. Procreate's official handbook describes QuickShape as snapping strokes into perfect lines, arcs, ellipses, triangles, and quadrilaterals. One third-party tutorial source describes the feature as using a machine learning algorithm to classify input strokes, though Procreate's own documentation does not use this language, and the technical mechanism has not been confirmed as machine learning by a primary source. All processing occurs on-device; Procreate's privacy policy confirms the app does not connect to external servers.
Procreate announced in August 2024 that it will not add generative AI to any of its products, citing concerns about the impact on human creativity and artists. The company's CEO, James Cuda, confirmed this position publicly via video and an official statement on the company website.
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In August 2024, Procreate published an official statement at procreate.com/ai stating it would never incorporate generative AI into its apps. The company distinguishes between generative AI — which it rejects — and machine learning more broadly, which it acknowledges has merit. Procreate's privacy policy also confirms that the app does not collect or share user data, meaning user artwork cannot be used to train AI models. This stance applies to all Procreate products, including Procreate for iPad, Procreate Pocket, and Procreate Dreams.
