Shutterstock to Offer AI-Generated Art While Compensating Human Artists

Stock image provider Shutterstock is embracing AI-generated art. The company plans on offering customers access to OpenAI's DALL-E 2, a program that can produce professional-grade images from a mere text description. Customers will be able to log in, type in a description for the desired picture they'd like to create, and watch DALL-E 2 churn out the corresponding image in seconds. The technology promises to open up art creation to anyone. But the same AI programs are sparking controversy.