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Etsy Bans AI Patterns: Sweater Banned, Picture of Sweater Fine
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What BBN said on air. The facts are in the original report: CNBC.
Hank LedgerEtsy has banned AI-generated recipes and sewing and crochet patterns sold as digital downloads, and it will remove bot-generated listings made with no human involved, CNBC reports.
Dale BearmanSellers now have to show a real item made from the instructions, plus at least one untouched photo of it.
Dale BearmanA rendered cake is out. Somebody now has to photograph a real one and swear to it.
Hank LedgerWhy would anyone need a rule that says you have to make the thing?
Dale BearmanBecause a chatbot will happily write you a crochet pattern for a sweater that cannot physically exist. Etsy says the confusion is a top-three barrier to shopping there.
Hank LedgerSo somebody bought instructions for a hat and received a theory.
Dale BearmanAnd the AI art is still allowed, as long as the seller says so. The sweater is banned. The picture of the sweater is fine.
Hank LedgerThirty years I've eaten the same casserole, and I couldn't show Etsy one untouched photo of it. Somebody always got at it first.
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