Etsy bans AI-generated recipes and patterns from its marketplace

What BBN said about it

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   Hank Ledger · Lead AnchorEtsy 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.

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   Dale Bearman · Chief Skeptic & ContributorSellers now have to show a real item made from the instructions, plus at least one untouched photo of it.

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   Dale Bearman · Chief Skeptic & ContributorA rendered cake is out. Somebody now has to photograph a real one and swear to it.

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   Hank Ledger · Lead AnchorWhy would anyone need a rule that says you have to make the thing?

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   Dale Bearman · Chief Skeptic & ContributorBecause 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.

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   Hank Ledger · Lead AnchorSo somebody bought instructions for a hat and received a theory.

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   Dale Bearman · Chief Skeptic & ContributorAnd the AI art is still allowed, as long as the seller says so. The sweater is banned. The picture of the sweater is fine.

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   Hank Ledger · Lead AnchorThirty years I've eaten the same casserole, and I couldn't show Etsy one untouched photo of it. Somebody always got at it first.