This tool protects online images from being scraped to train generative AI

Researchers have developed a tool capable of ‘fooling’ the machine learning models that currently enable AI to generate images. — AFP Relaxnews

Unveiled in the fall and now available for download, Nightshade is a tool capable of ‘fooling’ the artificial intelligence models currently used for automatic image generation. The idea is to help artists prevent their work from being misused without their knowledge or consent.

Unless specifically blocked, generative AI models can now be trained on any content found on the internet. This obviously poses a number of problems for artists and content creators who do not want their work to be used as part of the AI training process. Effective solutions to ‘trick’ these generative AI models include Nightshade.