New: AI Availability Statement
At Safe Creative, we listen to the concerns and desires of creators, which is why we have added the option to declare whether you want to prevent, allow, or authorize under prior agreement the use of works registered with Safe Creative and displayed on Creators for the training of Artificial Intelligence systems.
- We are working on adding more tools of this kind.
- This option can be declared for each work individually, for several, or for all works, and will also be displayed for the works you showcase on Creators.
- An explicit statement in natural language and metadata is included.
The Challenge of the generative AI
Generative AI presents enormous challenges and has sparked an intense debate that is currently unfolding and will continue for years to come.
While it seems clear that generative AI companies are here to stay, it is essential that they adapt to copyright laws, regulations, and the expressed decisions of the authors whose original works are used to train their models.
One of the proposals being considered in many settings is that AI companies should compensate and/or properly credit both the authors and the works used in their models. They must also respect the wishes of those authors who do not want their works to be used for AI training, or those who are open to allowing it under conditions of remuneration or proper credit.
This is where Safe Creative now allows authors to indicate, for each registration or all at once, whether they want their works to be used by generative AI companies to train their models, or not.
Works can be in four different states:
- This work cannot be made available to AI systems: Use for training is not allowed.
- AI systems will only access the work with prior agreement: Use is not allowed without the author’s prior agreement with the AI company.
- This work is allowed to be accessed by AI systems: Use of the work for AI model training is allowed.
- No declaration has been made: No specific stance is indicated either way.
Additionally, it is possible to apply one of the first three described states to all works where no declaration has been made.
If either of the first two options is selected, the metadata proposed by DeviantArt will be included to prevent generative AI from using the work. In addition, a visible statement in natural language is included. In the case of allowing usage, the metadata is not included, but the registration will still be marked with a visible statement in natural language.
All declarations include the date and time when they were made.
The information declared on Safe Creative also appears in the works displayed on Creators
For several months, we have been working on adapting the Creators platform to showcase creator profiles and their best works, based on the feedback we’ve received. That’s why we have added the option for the information declared in works registered on Safe Creative to also be visible on Creators. This way, Creators adds an extra layer of security, displaying works according to the artists’ preferences regarding generative AI.
More Tools Coming in the Future
This is an important and necessary step toward being transparent and ensuring that the voices of original creators are heard.
We will continue working to improve this and other systems, complementing the tools that Safe Creative has been offering to creators worldwide since 2007.
