Wilkinson: Traditional stock photo businesses are doomed by AI generation
Andrew Wilkinson · I run a $180M+ company...here's how I'm using AI on a daily basis · Jan 24, 2025 · at 36:08
Tiny founder Andrew Wilkinson cites stock photography as an example of an industry fully disrupted by generative AI.
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“Two years ago, you know, stock photos generated by AI were terrible. Now I would not want to be in the stock photo business because it's perfect and it's only getting better.”
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