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Pinterest’s feeds are flooded with AI-generated images while its automated moderation system simultaneously flags human-made artwork as machine-generated – sometimes on pieces that predate generative AI by a decade. Artists report spending days appealing false labels, only to have the same work re-flagged weeks later. The platform laid off 15% of staff to double down on AI development and started training its Canvas tool on public user pins without individual consent, which makes the moderation failures land harder. One Reddit user described 95 out of every 100 pins as slop or theft. Pinterest isn’t alone in this trap; Instagram, Etsy, and DeviantArt have all struggled to balance AI content generation features with the platform quality those features actively degrade.
