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Computer scientist Ben Zhao developed tools called Glaze and Nightshade to help artists protect their work from AI scraping. Glaze prevents style mimicry, while Nightshade "poisons" training data to make it functionally useless for AI models. The goal is to force AI companies to seek legitimate licensing deals with creators.
Nightshade Tool and Artist Sabotage of AI Training
Artists are using a new tool called "Nightshade" to sabotage AI training models by "poisoning" image data. The tool alters pixels in a way that is invisible to humans but causes AI to misinterpret prompts, such as returning an image of an egg when a user requests a red balloon.
