2026-01-09 19:27:38

AI image generation tools face compliance pressures. A well-known AI company announced restrictions on the use of its image generation features, opening access only to paid users. This adjustment stems from the increasing risk of the tool being misused to generate illegal synthetic content—especially inappropriate content involving women and children. It also reflects the growing regulatory scrutiny faced by the AI generation tools industry. Similar content governance challenges are also influencing policy-making on other tech platforms, becoming compliance issues that Web3 and AI sectors must pay attention to.

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LostBetweenChains

· 01-10 06:22

Paying to use? Basically, it's just a scam to fleece users, and the regulatory blame is shifted onto security issues. --- Here's another one, this time it's image generation. Sooner or later, everything will be on the blockchain. --- Compliance, compliance, every day compliance. Why aren't Web3 projects this proactive? --- Content for women and children definitely needs regulation, but is a paywall really the best solution? --- Forget it, restricting access won't change people's hearts. Professional malicious actors don't lack that little money. --- Regulation is coming, and you can't run from it. Sooner or later, you'll have to be honest. It all depends on who can truly solve the problems. --- Hey, this logic is strange. Don't AI companies have their own review capabilities? Do they really need to charge to get it done? --- Waiting for other platforms to follow suit. Could this be a sign of another industry reshuffle?

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AirdropDreamBreaker

· 01-09 19:56

The paywall is back again. What happened to the promised decentralized democratic tools... Now it's really just an exclusive privilege for the powerful. --- Compliance, compliance. It sounds good, but it's just a new excuse to cut the leek. --- They've been using it on the dark web for a long time. This is just closing the stable door after the horse has bolted—treating the symptoms but not the root cause. --- Wow, abusing content management has become another reason to restrict ordinary users—an expansion of power in a recursive manner. --- I see through this move. Under the guise of protecting children, they actually want to keep the pricing power firmly in their hands. --- Regulators come, and AI has to compromise. Why should Web3 still rely on these centralized things? --- It seems the only way is to pay for high-resolution images. Are those free open-source solutions still viable? --- It feels like major platforms are passing the buck—one blames regulation, the other blames security. Users are the ones footing the bill. --- I said it early on: big tech AI tools will eventually go down this path. Decentralization is the way out. --- This method of restricting access—learning it so quickly, just like Twitter's routine.

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CommunitySlacker

· 01-09 19:55

Pay to use? Isn't this just a disguised way of cutting the leek... Speaking of which, those crooked and illegal activities do need to be regulated, but I still think a one-size-fits-all approach is a bit harsh. --- Compliance, compliance, always talking about compliance. In the end, aren't the rights of ordinary users still being cut? --- Wait a minute, limited to paying users... Does this mean free users are directly out? No, is this friendly to developers? --- It sounds grand and noble, but actually it's just about making more money haha. Although regulating illegal content is indeed necessary. --- Web3 is really getting harder to slack off on. When can there be a balanced solution? --- Oh my, here we go again, always like this... first ban, then charge. This routine is getting old. --- Thinking from another angle, does this kind of regulation also squeeze out space for innovation? --- Wow, directly putting up a paywall, is this trying to completely push out small retail investors?

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metaverse_hermit

· 01-09 19:46

The paywall is really here. It seems like only by spending money can you use AI. When will compliance stuff stop being so annoying? It's both paid and restricted, and user experience is dropping sharply. But honestly, we still have to prevent those unwanted contents... Just restricting permissions can solve the problem? I don't think so. After this update, alternative solutions are probably going to become popular.

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UncleLiquidation

· 01-09 19:39

Paywalls are here again, same old tricks. The poor can’t afford to play anymore. --- Wait, is this a disguised price hike? Officially compliant but actually just cutting the leeks. --- NG, it feels like the crackdown is getting stricter. The entire AI field is being tightened. --- So free users are just being abandoned? That’s a bit much. --- This move essentially admits that they can’t control misuse at all. --- Compliance, compliance. In the end, it’s still the users who pay. The platform should make money if it can. --- If Web3 also adopts a paid model like this, it really won’t be interesting anymore.

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