Artists Beware! Please read if you have a DeviantArt account:
https://twitter.com/DeviantArt/status/1591113199218487300?s=20&t=4k4OiBqcoEj0GgFm5_zKDg
DeviantArt have just announced that they're launching their own ai art generator, and every deviation that has ever been posted has been automatically opted in - I've checked this for myself and every one of my own artworks now needs to be manually changed in the settings of every single deviation otherwise they'll be used.
To have your artist username exempted from prompts you have to fill in a Google form to be approved by a human, and you must prove that you operate under your respective alias to ask them not to use it - read more here
Suffice to say I'm livid, I've been on DeviantArt for a decade and I'm going to shut down my account once I've manually opted out my hundreds of deviations. On their promotion page for the new tool they'll emphasize that it's *totally within the control of the artists* showing an image of the checked box that opts you out, while not mentioning that all of your previous deviations are already opted in by default.
I would recommend that anyone who has similar plans as me and wants to leave the site should manually opt-out for every deviation before shutting down your account, just to be on the safe side because I'm not sure if just deactivating your account would count as opting out.
I'll try to keep this post updated with accurate and up-to-date information since AI related stuff can quickly cause a frenzy online - don't hesitate to DM me with any new information and I'll update it here!
I am currently opting out each piece and its just as frustrating as this announcement was.
Just to help out, if you need more time to figure out your game plan, you can put your stuff in storage. This does nothing pertaining to the opt out, it just takes them off your page for viewing.
I am storing everything, after i opt out each piece because i have a lot of drawings that i dont have the original jpgs anymore and cant delete just yet. Here's the how to for anyone who may need it:
https://www.deviantartsupport.com/en/article/how-do-i-move-my-work-into-storage
Mighty fuck, my dA account will be TWENTY YEARS OLD in a few months, are we really going to make me do this kind of work now