TL;DR
Arttribute ensures fair play in generative AI by enabling ethical usage and proper attribution of creative works through onchain attributions. It offers artists simple standardized licenses, developers an API for ethical AI practices, and a platform for creating and sharing custom AI art models. We’ve also explored AI-generated games and integrated Arttribute with Minipay for seamless payments to artists.
Intro
The surge of generative AI tools mirroring human creativity has been a marvel, birthing a cascade of creativity, and a true testament to human ingenuity. However, this has raised issues around ownership, copyright, attribution, and the need for equitable and transparent solutions where creatives get credit and compensation for their contributions.
Arttribute works to solve these issues by enabling ethical usage and proper attribution of creative works. At its core, Arttribute facilitates attribution and enforces usage licenses, giving artists control over how their work is used in AI applications.
Empowering Artists
Arttribute allows artists to set usage terms for their artwork through "Arttribute licenses."Inspired by Creative Commons, these licenses provide a standardized way to grant permissions for AI-driven creative processes, ensuring that artists always receive proper credit. Each artwork uploaded to Arttribute is uniquely hashed for identification and tracking, allowing artists to specify the terms of use for their artworks, ensuring proper attribution and authorized usage.
For Developers and Builders
Arttribute is a powerful tool for developers and builders aiming to integrate ethical practices into their AI applications. Attribute offers developers an API that handles attribution and licensing checks, allowing them to focus on innovation while enforcing ethics in their AI applications and building trust with their users.
Developer Docs: https://docs.arttribute.io/
For AI Art Enthusiasts
Arttribute opens a new world of responsibly used art for AI image remixing and fine-tuning in various fields, including fashion, games, storytelling, and more. Each artwork comes with clear usage terms, enabling proper attribution allowing them to access and use art from their favorite artists, perfect for creative AI applications.
Arttribute Licenses: Simple standard way to grant permissions for works in Gen AI
- Arttribute Open License: Permits use in AI-driven creative processes with commercial usage allowed, provided attribution is given.
- Arttribute Exclusive License: Allows exclusive use by any agreed number of parties, including commercial usage, with required attribution.
- Arttribute Non-commercial License: Permits non-commercial use in AI-driven processes, with required attribution.
- Arttribute Exclusive Non-commercial License: Allows exclusive, non-commercial use by any agreed number of parties, with required attribution.
More on Attribute Licences here
Arttribute, Glaze & Nightshade
Currently, Artists are forced to use software such as Glaze or Nightshade to protect their art from being scraped and used unlawfully in AI. Glaze is a defensive tool that individual artists can use to protect themselves against style mimicry attacks, while Nightshade is an offensive tool that artists can use as a group to disrupt models that scrape their images without consent.
Arttribute, on the other hand, offers a proactive and constructive approach as a permissions tool, allowing artists to define and enforce how their artwork can be used. By providing simple straightforward licenses, Arttribute enables artists to set clear usage terms and ensure proper attribution and tracking of their work. This not only protects artists’ rights but also empowers them to monetize their creative contributions through controlled, ethical use in AI applications. Additionally, Arttribute fosters a collaborative ecosystem by offering an API for developers, facilitating compliance with art usage terms.
Arttribute Studio: Create and Share Custom AI Art Models
Upon this attribution and licensing framework, we have built Arttribute Studio. Arttribute Studio allows visual artists to create and share custom AI art models that mimic their artistic style, empowering them to earn from their art style through their custom model’s usage.
Create custom Art model:https://studio.arttribute.io/
Experimenting & Innovating with AI Art Games
Over the past few months, we’ve been experimenting with AI-generated games where the game art is AI-generated. We envision artists being able to create entire games and experiences with AI models, transforming paper sketches into fully developed games with the help of text prompts, ControlNet, and other AI tools.
Through our participation in various EthGlobal Hackathons, we have built several on-chain AI art games. Notably, Mosaics—an interactive multiplayer web-based AI art puzzle game—won awards at HackFS. View build here
We aim to bring these games live to the Celo ecosystem, including Minipay. Aligned with our goal of enabling the fair and transparent use of art in generative AI, we aim to enable the creation of such games and experiences fairly and equitably where artists get credit whenever their creative work is used to create these game experiences.
Celo Camp Build for Minipay
We have been participating in the Celo Camp build for Minipay, which has offered us mentorship and guidance to build on Minipay. We have successfully integrated Minipay into Arttribute to leverage its seamless stablecoin payments and large user base, enhancing our platform’s reach and usability.
Special thanks
Special thanks to everyone who has helped us along the way, including Prezenti, who believed in us and offered our initial grant to kickstart Arttribute, which was fundamental to Arttribute’s initial development efforts. We also want to thank all mentors from the Mentors Collective and the efforts of the Upright and Celocamp team for mentorship and their invaluable insights.
Join the movement
We’re incredibly excited about the future of Arttribute and the opportunities it presents for artists, developers, and AI art enthusiasts. Our goal is to create a fair and equitable ecosystem where artists are credited for their contributions, and we’re thrilled to be working towards this vision.
Arttribute isn’t just for artists. It’s for everyone who believes in the sanctity of creativity. Support our vision, become a part of the movement, and empower artists worldwide.
Website: https://www.arttribute.io/