Figma's AI function creates a UI that looks just like an Apple app, and the function is temporarily disabled
Figma released the beta version of its AI feature '
(1) As we shared at Config last week - as well as on our blog, our website, and many other touchpoints - the Make Design feature is not trained on Figma content, community files or app designs. In other words, the accusations around data training in this tweet are false. https://t.co/jlfmroPPhm
— Dylan Field (@zoink) July 2, 2024
Figma AI is an AI feature announced on June 26, 2024, and includes numerous design creation assistance functions such as 'generate UI layouts from text,' 'enhanced design search function,' 'translate text,' 'generate text for mockups,' and 'automatically change layer names.' Beta testing of Figma AI began on the day of its announcement, and anyone could use it by registering on the waitlist.
Figma releases 'Figma AI', a support tool using generative AI - GIGAZINE
Below is a video of 'Figma AI creating a weather forecast app UI' released by app developer Andy Allen. Just enter 'not boring weather app' to see how the weather forecast app UI is created.
Figma AI designs a 'not boring weather app' pic.twitter.com/2A6xD3yzIs
— Andy Allen (@asallen) July 1, 2024
The generated UI is below. A UI similar to Apple's 'Weather' app was generated, with the place name, temperature, daily weather, and daily weather listed from top to bottom.
Allen entered the same text and generated the UI three times, but all three times the UI generated was similar to Apple's weather app. Based on this result, Allen points out that 'Figma AI seems to use existing apps as learning data,' and 'If you use Figma AI, you need to thoroughly verify the similarity with existing apps and make significant changes to the layout so as not to get into legal trouble.'
Figma AI looks rather heavily trained on existing apps.
— Andy Allen (@asallen) July 1, 2024
This is a 'weather app' using the new Make Designs feature and the results are basically Apple's Weather app (left). Tried three times, same results. https://t.co/Ij20OpPCer pic.twitter.com/psFTV6daVD
After Allen's report, Figma CEO Dylan Field quoted Allen's post and said, 'Figma AI is not learning content generated by Figma,' claiming that it is not learning the work of Figma users. He continued, 'Figma AI works by combining an existing large-scale language model with a newly developed design system. The problem with this approach is that it is too variable.'
(1) As we shared at Config last week - as well as on our blog, our website, and many other touchpoints - the Make Design feature is not trained on Figma content, community files or app designs. In other words, the accusations around data training in this tweet are false. https://t.co/jlfmroPPhm
— Dylan Field (@zoink) July 2, 2024
Field added, 'I identified a problem with the design system within hours of seeing Allen's post,' and 'it is my responsibility that the pressure to meet development deadlines led to us cutting corners on our quality control processes.'
(3) Within hours of seeing this tweet, we identified the issue, which was related to the underlying design systems that were created. Ultimately it is my fault for not insisting on a better QA process for this work and pushing our team hard to hit a deadline for Config.
— Dylan Field (@zoink) July 2, 2024
After the issue was discovered, Field CEO decided to temporarily disable Figma AI, and the beta testing of Figma AI will resume after going through a proper quality control process.
(4) I have asked our team to temporarily disable the Make Design feature until we are confident we can stand behind its output. The feature will be disabled when our US based team wakes up in a few hours, and we will re-enable it when we have completed a full QA pass on the…
— Dylan Field (@zoink) July 2, 2024
Regarding the use of AI in design work, Field said, 'We live in a world where software can be created simply by inputting prompts into large language models. Designers are looking for new tools to explore their possibilities, and Figma intends to create the tools they want. I believe that if we build tools in the right way, we can empower designers to have more creative expression, not less.'
(5) As I discussed at Config, we believe that craft is your competitive advantage and it's more important than ever to create unique designs.
— Dylan Field (@zoink) July 2, 2024
We live in a world where any off the shelf LLM can help you go from prompt to software in one shot. Designers will need new tools to…
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