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It has come to staff attention that there are concerns about Aywas art and AI models. Please note that in regards to custom pets, Aywas has had a long-standing rule that customs must be made by hand. This rule is also the reason we do not allow stock photographs or Google images to be used in a custom design. Per the rules in the Knowledge Base:
"Photographs, images or patterns, internet-sourced or from physical media, CANNOT BE USED on an Aywas image under any circumstances, as you are rarely finding the true source of the image. As a precaution this includes photographs taken by yourself, or a friend."
In regards to AI art and GenAI training models, Under no circumstance will we tolerate AI art onsite nor does the site consent to ANY of its art and assets being used to train models. In this circumstance, Aywas assets includes (but is not limited to) the artwork onsite and site colorations, but also includes the customs hosted onsite and anything using our site species' lineart. Using AI and/or putting Aywas assets into a learning model is and will be treated as art theft, which we have always taken seriously.
Users found using AI artwork onsite AND/OR putting any Aywas asset into a genAI learning model will be permanently banned from the site. This rule will be enforced even against offsite uses of AI imagery that uses Aywas assets if it is reported to staff as we will vigorously protect our works from art theft.
Posted by Aywas Official
(#2) on Fri Jul 4, 2025 5:07pm
- Tae
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Posted on: Fri Jul 4, 2025 5:11pm
Thank you :) As a user who is not an artist, I love and support the artists here on site, and am proud to know that the artwork I commission is all done by the artist who I chose to support. ♥
- ko-minuu
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Posted on: Fri Jul 4, 2025 5:30pm
I am not surprised at all, but still pleased to hear officially that Aywas will not become an AI slop wasteland. Thank you for making it clear!
- Rasha the Civet
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Posted on: Fri Jul 4, 2025 5:30pm
I'm glad i'm against AI
Aywas is for human creation, not robots that want to steal our jobs
- vladthebad
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Posted on: Fri Jul 4, 2025 5:34pm
Thank you, AI has it's uses in the world, but art is not one of them! Thanks for keeping Aywas AI free!
- vladthebad
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Posted on: Fri Jul 4, 2025 5:34pm
Thank you, AI has it's uses in the world, but art is not one of them! Thanks for keeping Aywas AI free!
- Nazz
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Posted on: Fri Jul 4, 2025 6:06pm
Thank you for this. AI images suck and are NOT art <3
- Praij
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Posted on: Fri Jul 4, 2025 6:06pm
Nice! I fully support this
- Monday
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Posted on: Fri Jul 4, 2025 6:19pm
Thank you for being anti AI!
- Sunny
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Posted on: Fri Jul 4, 2025 6:30pm
Yay for being anti-AI.
I'll concur AI may have RL uses, but cramming AI down everybody's throats is not one of them. I disable all the AI stuff on my PC and phone, that I can.
There are circumstances where AI can and is useful, but for me - these circumstances are few and far between. It is not ready for world use yet, not without regulations in place. Not without putting in rules regarding scraping from any website, so forth.
AI bots that MS and Apple and Android are shoving down our throats - they should all be made to be "opt-IN". Not be insisting to be there for you when you never gave your consent at all.
It was a very poor decision by the three big corps to make their AI stuff be basically in everything without a real option to choose, No AI on my product, thank you.
Posted on: Fri Jul 4, 2025 5:08pm
DEATH TO AI!