Mar 20, 2023 16:00:00

``Glaze'', a tool that prevents AI from learning by making invisible modifications to the original art, is released

Image generation AI such as ``

Stable Diffusion '' and `` Midjourney '' can generate appropriate images according to the input keyword, but on the other hand, AI learning can be done by drawing illustrations and paintings drawn by humans. There is also a problem of copyright infringement due to its use. Meanwhile, a research team at the University of Chicago has announced `` Glaze '', a tool for analyzing paintings drawn by humans and making almost invisible modifications to protect them from learning by AI.

GLAZE: Protecting Artists from Style Mimicry by Text-to-Image Models
(PDF file) https://arxiv.org/pdf/2302.04222.pdf

Glaze: Protecting Artists from Style Mimicry

https://glaze.cs.uchicago.edu/

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A research team led by Sean Shan at the University of Chicago is interested in protecting users from the use of invasive AI. On March 16, 2023 Japan time, a research team led by Shan et al. announced `` Glaze '', a tool to protect artists from imitation by AI. ``Glaze analyzes the art and generates a version with almost invisible changes.This generated version of the image confuses the AI imitation process,'' said research team Chou Ben. I'm here.

It's a big day.
Glaze, our tool for protecting artists against AI art mimicry, is now available for download/use at https://t.co/8ffUCS4fUo

Glaze analyzes your art, and generates a modified version (with barely visible changes). This 'cloaked' image disrupts the AI mimicry process.

— Ben Zhao (@ravenben) March 15, 2023

'Glaze' announced by the research team applies an invisible ' perturbation ' to each image, so that the AI can not learn the artistic style of the author, and it is called '○○-ish image'. It is a tool that makes it difficult to generate images with keywords.

In the research team's example, an AI that learned the 'cloak artwork' generated by applying Glaze to the original art fails to imitate this image.

``It is clear that more or less image generation AI is being developed using copyrighted data, and image generation AI pays little attention to modern ethics,'' Chow said. This is the driving force that led us to develop Glaze.'

In fact, in January 2023, the image generation AI Midjourney and Stable Diffusion are said to be learning using copyrighted images, and a lawsuit has been filed.

A class action lawsuit is filed against image generation AI ``Stable Diffusion'' and ``Midjourney''-GIGAZINE

About Glaze Mr. Chow said, ``Although it does not support all image generation AIs in the world, Glaze is thought to have a certain effect even with various image generation AIs other than Midjourney and Stable Diffusion.'' says. On the other hand, Glaze's method of applying perturbation suggests that black-and-white images and simple images are less effective. The image below shows an example of the generated 'cloak artwork' being visibly altered from the original image.

However, the research team said, 'Unfortunately, Glaze is not a permanent solution to imitation of image generation AI.' The reason is the rapid evolution of AI, which is difficult to keep up with. The research team said, ``Technologies used to protect art like Glaze may be overcome by future measures in image generation AI, making previously protected art vulnerable.'' I am proposing.

Still, the research team said, 'We hope that users will take a long-term approach to imitation by AI,' and announced that they will continue to research and update.

Glaze is open to the public for free, and Windows and Mac users can download and use it.

Glaze: Protecting Artists from Style Mimicry
https://glaze.cs.uchicago.edu/download.html