Seeing all the AI in recent pitch events got me thinking a little more critically, and I decided to do a full audit of the assets in my own moodboards/agent guides. Surprise! Turns out I’d been inadvertently using images that were either wholly or in-part generated. 🧵

Hopefully by reading this you’ll avoid my mistakes and oversights.

I ran the assets through a few generators, and they returned mixed but generally positive results (as in they were likely AI). Knowing detectors are flawed and hoping to give the benefit of the doubt, I even tracked down the artist’s professional website and send him an inquiry.

He never responded, but he’s also got an article on his website about selling AI images, so things ain’t looking good. I’m going to assume the detectors are accurate.

This was incredibly disappointing. I’d spent so much time assembling these promo images in Canva, and most of that work is now tainted. Very annoyed that Canva didn’t label their stock imagery. Most of all though, I’m disappointed in myself.

Let that be a lesson to me!

Needless to say, I’m not going to use those images anymore. I signed up for a trial at iStock, and they have some cool stuff and promise none of it’s AI. I’m skeptical based on what I’ve seen, but it certainly has LESS of that garbage. Also trying out a few other stock sites.