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Xiaohongshu is in trouble! Accused of using user images for AI training without permission

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Xiaohongshu uses the works of user painters in its own AI painting software without permission!

Recently, someone exposed Xiaohongshu’s behavior on Weibo, which aroused the indignation of many netizens. As we all know, in the Xiaohongshu community, many users are willing to share their lives and works, including a large number of beautiful pictures and works of art. Everyone is here to exchange experiences and make progress together

Xiaohongshu is in trouble! Accused of using user images for AI training without permission

However, Xiaohongshu secretly used pictures shared by artists to train its own AI, which is shocking. According to media reports, Xiaohongshu began to form an independent large-scale team in March, with the core members of the team coming from the NLP technology team of the advertising business. Xiaohongshu also has multiple independent departments that actively promote the development of AI creation directions. In April this year, Xiaohongshu quietly launched an AI creation application called "Trik", focusing on AI painting

Xiaohongshu is in trouble! Accused of using user images for AI training without permission

However, the development of AI takes time, so what measures should Xiaohongshu take to quickly improve AI capabilities? Recently, some netizens exposed a secret training plan. They will obtain data from the works shared by the painters for training

When I read Xiaohongshu’s user service agreement, I found some unsatisfactory clauses, which tacitly allowed them to use user works without the user’s consent

Xiaohongshu is in trouble! Accused of using user images for AI training without permission

This is extremely unfair to those painters. Creating a painting requires many steps, such as conception, line drawing, coloring, etc., and these steps require a lot of time and energy. However, the emergence of AI has quickly stolen these efforts and generated new works, which is extremely disrespectful to the original painters

Xiaohongshu is in trouble! Accused of using user images for AI training without permission

Artist issues statement due to AI stealing works

Xiaohongshu is in trouble! Accused of using user images for AI training without permission

The artist posts about the victim

Trouble is coming for Xiaohongshu. The exposed behavior is not only disappointing, but also seriously damages the trust among users. As a social platform, users’ works should be fully respected and protected, rather than used at will

Xiaohongshu should attach great importance to this incident. They should take immediate measures to repair this oversight and provide users with transparent and fair services to ensure that users’ rights and creative achievements are respected and protected as they should be. This is a responsibility that no social platform can ignore

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