Last week, Figma launched new AI-powered tools which the company said would help users “push past creative blocks” and help them work more efficiently. These tools included a ‘Make Design’ feature that enabled users to generate mock-up apps using generative AI.
However, the feature has been now temporarily disabled after it was found out that it was ripping off the Apple Weather app interface. The problem surfaced when Andy Allen, the creator of the popular Paper app for iPad asked Figma AI to help him design a weather app. In a post on X, Allen said that he prompted the tool to make a mock-up design for a weather app, but every time, it closely resembled Apple’s Weather app.
You have exhausted your
monthly limit of free stories.
Read more stories for free
with an Express account.
Invest in democracy. Full access to Express at just Rs 999/year
This premium article is free for now.
Register to read more free stories and access offers from partners.
Invest in democracy. Full access to Express at just Rs 999/year
This content is exclusive for our subscribers.
Subscribe now to get unlimited access to The Indian Express exclusive and premium stories.
The idea behind the Make Design feature was that developers could ask Figma AI to generate UI layouts and components from simple text-based prompts. When Figma introduced the feature last week at its Config conference, the company said that its AI model was not trained on Figma content, community files or app designs.
Figma CEO said that instead of using an in-house AI model, the Make Design feature seems to be using off-the-shelf models like OpenAI’s GPT-4o and Amazon’s Titan Image Generator G1 combined with “systems we commissioned to be used by these models”. He also took the blame and that it was his “fault for not insisting on a better QA process for this work and pushing our team hard to hit a deadline for Config.”
© IE Online Media Services Pvt Ltd
First uploaded on: 04-07-2024 at 15:23 IST
