{"id":197,"date":"2023-06-16T23:15:28","date_gmt":"2023-06-16T21:15:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/extendsclass.com\/blog\/?p=197"},"modified":"2023-06-16T13:56:52","modified_gmt":"2023-06-16T11:56:52","slug":"glaze-safeguarding-artists-against-style-replication-by-text-to-image-models","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/extendsclass.com\/blog\/glaze-safeguarding-artists-against-style-replication-by-text-to-image-models","title":{"rendered":"GLAZE: Safeguarding Artists against Style Replication by Text-to-Image Models"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Scientists at the University of Chicago have developed a tool capable of deceiving artificial intelligences, which mimic the artistic style of various artists through image-based training.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div id=\"ez-toc-container\" class=\"ez-toc-v2_0_47_1 counter-hierarchy ez-toc-counter ez-toc-grey ez-toc-container-direction\">\n<div class=\"ez-toc-title-container\">\n<p class=\"ez-toc-title\">Table of Contents<\/p>\n<span class=\"ez-toc-title-toggle\"><a href=\"#\" class=\"ez-toc-pull-right ez-toc-btn ez-toc-btn-xs ez-toc-btn-default ez-toc-toggle\" aria-label=\"ez-toc-toggle-icon-1\"><label for=\"item-69dfce6d9100f\" aria-label=\"Table of Content\"><span style=\"display: flex;align-items: center;width: 35px;height: 30px;justify-content: center;direction:ltr;\"><svg style=\"fill: #999;color:#999\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" class=\"list-377408\" width=\"20px\" height=\"20px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" fill=\"none\"><path d=\"M6 6H4v2h2V6zm14 0H8v2h12V6zM4 11h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2zM4 16h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2z\" fill=\"currentColor\"><\/path><\/svg><svg style=\"fill: #999;color:#999\" class=\"arrow-unsorted-368013\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"10px\" height=\"10px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" version=\"1.2\" baseProfile=\"tiny\"><path d=\"M18.2 9.3l-6.2-6.3-6.2 6.3c-.2.2-.3.4-.3.7s.1.5.3.7c.2.2.4.3.7.3h11c.3 0 .5-.1.7-.3.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7zM5.8 14.7l6.2 6.3 6.2-6.3c.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7c-.2-.2-.4-.3-.7-.3h-11c-.3 0-.5.1-.7.3-.2.2-.3.5-.3.7s.1.5.3.7z\"\/><\/svg><\/span><\/label><input  type=\"checkbox\" id=\"item-69dfce6d9100f\"><\/a><\/span><\/div>\n<nav><ul class='ez-toc-list ez-toc-list-level-1 ' ><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-1\" href=\"https:\/\/extendsclass.com\/blog\/glaze-safeguarding-artists-against-style-replication-by-text-to-image-models\/#AI_image_generators_The_appropriation_of_style_and_artistic_identity\" title=\"AI image generators: The appropriation of style and artistic identity\">AI image generators: The appropriation of style and artistic identity<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-2\" href=\"https:\/\/extendsclass.com\/blog\/glaze-safeguarding-artists-against-style-replication-by-text-to-image-models\/#Glaze_How_it_works\" title=\"Glaze: How it works\">Glaze: How it works<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-3\" href=\"https:\/\/extendsclass.com\/blog\/glaze-safeguarding-artists-against-style-replication-by-text-to-image-models\/#Limitations\" title=\"Limitations\">Limitations<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-4\" href=\"https:\/\/extendsclass.com\/blog\/glaze-safeguarding-artists-against-style-replication-by-text-to-image-models\/#Download_Glaze_Software\" title=\"Download Glaze Software\">Download Glaze Software<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-5\" href=\"https:\/\/extendsclass.com\/blog\/glaze-safeguarding-artists-against-style-replication-by-text-to-image-models\/#Learn_more\" title=\"Learn more\">Learn more<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/nav><\/div>\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"AI_image_generators_The_appropriation_of_style_and_artistic_identity\"><\/span>AI image generators: The appropriation of style and artistic identity<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>With the rise of AI-driven image generators such as DALL E, MidJourney, and Stable Diffusion, numerous artists have expressed apprehension about these tools&#8217; ability to replicate their distinctive styles.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>These software makes it very easy to appropriate the style and artistic identity of artists by entering a simple description, such as &#8220;a painting in the style of Gerhard Richter&#8221;.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"600\" height=\"159\" src=\"https:\/\/extendsclass.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/glaze-e1686943466727.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-201\" srcset=\"https:\/\/extendsclass.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/glaze-e1686943466727.png 600w, https:\/\/extendsclass.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/glaze-e1686943466727-300x80.png 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Glaze_How_it_works\"><\/span>Glaze: How it works<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>The artists utilize Glaze to make subtle modifications to their artwork that are nearly imperceptible to the human eye, &nbsp;meaning that the artwork still appears nearly identical to the original, but the modifications are significant enough to deceive AI models. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Their idea is to apply a filter on the image to create enough noise in the pixels that the artificial intelligence cannot recognize a particular style.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Glaze not only prevents the copying of an author&#8217;s style but also prompts these algorithms to apply the styles of universally known artists such as Vincent Van Gogh.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"600\" height=\"481\" src=\"https:\/\/extendsclass.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/glaze-workflow-e1686947767879.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-207\" srcset=\"https:\/\/extendsclass.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/glaze-workflow-e1686947767879.jpg 600w, https:\/\/extendsclass.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/glaze-workflow-e1686947767879-300x241.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Next, the artists can upload the image to their online portfolio or showroom, and their work is protected.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Limitations\"><\/span>Limitations<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Glaze is not an ultimate solution, it has several limitations.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Regrettably, Glaze does not provide a permanent solution against AI mimicry. AI technology advances rapidly, posing an inherent challenge for systems like Glaze to remain future-proof. The techniques employed to safeguard artworks today may eventually be overcome by future countermeasures, potentially leaving previously protected art vulnerable.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Glaze tends to exhibit more noticeable changes when applied to animation styles. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Download_Glaze_Software\"><\/span>Download Glaze Software<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>You can download Glaze from the project download page <a href=\"https:\/\/glaze.cs.uchicago.edu\/download.html\">https:\/\/glaze.cs.uchicago.edu\/download.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Learn_more\"><\/span>Learn more<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>To learn more you can consult the research article <s>https:\/\/arxiv.org\/abs\/2302.04222<\/s>, or visit the project website <a href=\"https:\/\/glaze.cs.uchicago.edu\/download.html\">https:\/\/glaze.cs.uchicago.edu\/download.html<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Scientists at the University of Chicago have developed a tool capable of deceiving artificial intelligences such as DALL E, MidJourney, and Stable Diffusion, which mimic the artistic style of various artists through image-based training.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":207,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_sitemap_exclude":false,"_sitemap_priority":"","_sitemap_frequency":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/extendsclass.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/197"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/extendsclass.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/extendsclass.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/extendsclass.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/extendsclass.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=197"}],"version-history":[{"count":18,"href":"https:\/\/extendsclass.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/197\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":199,"href":"https:\/\/extendsclass.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/197\/revisions\/199"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/extendsclass.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/207"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/extendsclass.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=197"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/extendsclass.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=197"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/extendsclass.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=197"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}