I am facing a very important issue at present. Most local guides’ logs and designs are now created using automatically generated AI. However, AI platforms provide copyright-free materials. These designs are then circulated in public groups for free, without any watermark.
Some scammers—not all—take note of innocent local guide engaging in local guide activities. As soon as an innocent person uses an AI-generated design, these scammers and their supporters try to trap them in a phishing scam.
What rules does Google have in place for local guides to protect them from such threats?
What protections does Google offer to local guides against phishing attacks related to AI-generated designs?
A watermark is not needed, even if it’s a good idea to protect their work
Nothing is copyright free, unless it is explicitly declared by the owner of the design. It doesn’t matter if the owner created the content by using an AI, he’s still the owner.
A good practice is to use only material created by you, to avoid this kind of issues
is hard to say and to admit but too often is faster and easier to grab / take / steal pictures or works done by others rather than creating your one. Even if this attitude is unacceptable and also illegal.
@ErmesT times ago told me / or wrote a post about a small website that check pictures giving you information about where you can find it.
For what concern the AI Image copyright you can easily “google” it and will see that till today is not yet decided how to handle. Now a “generated” image is public and can not be copyrighted . They can be license. But this is another story.
This is not correct, @MarcoDavoli , even if I agree that this point is still under discussion.
But the general trend is that the ownership cannot be attributes to the AI platform used to generate that the image, but it can be attributes to the author, the one who entered the instructions for generating that image
80% of the photos or logos in moderator Tushar posts are AI-generated. If you use a random logo in a meetup or post, they directly message you asking why you are using their logo, while you have no idea who the real creator of the design is.
All the author are mentioned by @TusharSuradkar in there @Ranu5g . It doesn’t mean that their creations are free to use for everyone without their permission. As I said already
Hi @Ranu5g ,
I completely agree with what @ErmesT said about the complexity of the topic and the fact that the discussion is still ongoing to clearly define the issue.
However, while the debate continues, the current regulations are quite clear (even though -in my personal opinion - they will likely change / modify over time): AI-generated content cannot be registered. You can only register works that were originally created by you and later modified by AI, as long as they retain a significant original contribution.
So far, all attempts to register a fully AI-generated work have been rejected.
Of course, using someone else’s work and claiming it as your own is not ethical, especially when it’s done intentionally. (I’ve even seen posts here on Connect where people have uploaded images taken from the web and presented them as their own. Next time I come across one, I’ll share it with @ErmesT .)
This is why it’s essential to always credit the source when publishing content