: A major point of contention was that AI models were trained on datasets (like LAION-5B) containing millions of images without the original artists' permission. Communities banned AI to protect their members from what they viewed as "algorithmic plagiarism" [1, 2].
: Stated a "zero-tolerance policy" toward AI art to prioritize its community of artists [5].
: Platforms were being flooded with thousands of AI images, often drowning out "human-made" art. Many communities felt that the low barrier to entry for AI art led to a saturated feed of repetitive or lower-quality content [3, 4].