The tool was announced by co-founder and chief technology officer Flor Ronsmans De Vry, who stated that Kin.art aims to prevent artwork from being included in AI datasets in the first place, rather than mitigating damage after inclusion. The platform also allows artists to opt out of the protection if they wish, and plans to make money by charging a low fee on any commission processed by the platform.
Key takeaways:
- Kin.art, a new online art hosting platform, offers a tool that defends artists' works from being used by AI for image generation, protecting not just individual images but entire portfolios.
- The platform's defense mechanism works on two fronts: image segmentation and label fuzzing. Image segmentation breaks the image into smaller pieces and scrambles it for AI algorithms, while label fuzzing scrambles the metadata associated with the image.
- Kin.art is free for artists to use. The platform plans to make money by charging a low fee on any artworks that are sold or monetized using its built-in e-commerce features.
- The platform was co-founded by Flor Ronsmans De Vry, who was previously behind Curious Addys Trading Club, an NFT artwork collection and platform for users to generate their own NFT art collections.