Software & tools AI-assisted
Glaze & Nightshade
Two free tools that let artists protect their images: Glaze hides their style from models, Nightshade poisons unauthorised training. Nightshade was downloaded 250,000 times in five days.
Where the human came in
Academic researchers built them with artists, published the methods, and kept them free; artists decide what to protect and accept the small visible artifacts.
Why it is not slop
AI research pointed at AI, on the artists' side. The clearest example of the technology being used to say no.
Seed entry: written from public sources and awaiting editorial review.