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Creative Bloq
Creative Bloq
Technology
Joe Foley

Designers say AI is making stock image sites unusable

An image of a person struggling to find good stock images on a stock image site that has been made unusable by AI. Logos of stock images sites Adobe Stock, Pexels, Vecteezy, Freepik and Creative Market.

AI is supposed to make things quicker and easier, right? But while it's true that AI tools can automate or streamline some of the most tedious tasks, it appears that the tech, or its results, are making some tasks more difficult.

Some designers who use stock image libraries to source photos, illustrations and vectors for their projects are finding that they have to wade through more unusable content to find an image that suits their needs, adding more time to their workflows.

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