sighhhh So. Scratch has always held a special place in my heart. It was the first creative site I got on. I posted my first comic filled with what might actually have been my first recurring OCs. I made friends in scratch and friends because of it. It might have inspired me to go for an art job as my goal. It's a genuinely amazing and inspiring community. Now . . . as an artist I will not in good conscience post projects. I'll still be here and comment and stuff as the people I interact with are great! But let's get to business of the new update (don't know what to call it honestly) It started with logging on to scratch and they ask my state. Huh. I read the Terms of Service and learn from it and other projects on Scratch that Scratch now allows AI to train it's models based off of the content we post. Like art. (Also it can sense your face now. That doesn't sound completely safe.) Because of this many artists and creators are permanently leaving Scratch and I completely understand and hold all the well wishes for them that other sites they move to don't have the same problem. TL;DR: Scratch can take our art for AI. Tips: Invest in watermarks and I heard there's stuff you can put on your art to "poison" AI. Also if you have any tips for downloading all your scratch art/projects please tell me! IMPORTANT UPDATE: Scratch has an article that explains they are not using our content to train AI models or give to generative AI *phew* however they are adding AI features with no current opt-out
People like @CupieMaster have a good explanation that helped me understand UPDATE credit: https://www.scratchfoundation.org/ai (not written in legalese thankfully) Screenshots past the first page are directly from the Scratch Terms or Service from the Scratch Help Center Note: this is not against the Scratch team. I think no one was aware until today. I know I certainty wasn't. note 2: I do have a tumblr I'm more active on so if you find it please send me a message or ask to say hi! Also for those interested it has a pretty good community for Wilderlore fans! listening to "are you satisfied?" by MARINA as I write
