“Anti-AI” is a common search term, but it does not describe a single position shared by every participant. This guide places protest, refusal, negotiation, litigation, licensing and technical defence alongside one another as entry points into the global history of creative labour and control over cultural information.
View full image ↗The anti-AI movement on ArtStation. Reproduced in Chen Haohao’s 2023 commentary.
Rights retained by original creators; reproduction source: Chen Haohao’s 2023 commentary
Source · Disco and AI: Is the Movement Against AI a New Luddism? ↗Opposition to training without permission, replication of a voice or likeness, and demands for labour protections should not be conflated with rejecting every AI tool.
How can a protest or dispute be checked? ↗Distinguish open letters, union announcements, platform responses, complaints and judgments, then compare event dates with publication dates.
Reading individual events as global art history ↗Follow changes through an open letter, a platform or a form of artistic labour, or compare how consent, payment, credit and control are articulated across regions.
Related cases & evidence
These cases provide material for comparison and verification; no single source substantiates every claim in the guide.
ArtStation / NoAI ↗
This batch includes platform announcements on NoAI, content filtering, and anti-scraping measures; the protest’s beginning still requires evidence.
View full image ↗The anti-AI movement on ArtStation. Reproduced in Chen Haohao’s 2023 commentary.
Rights retained by original creators; reproduction source: Chen Haohao’s 2023 commentary
Source · Disco and AI: Is the Movement Against AI a New Luddism? ↗Statement on AI Training / Cross-disciplinary sign-on against unlicensed training ↗
Research is ongoing; collected events do not constitute a complete case history.
View full image ↗Image published with “Statement on AI training — Ed Newton-Rex”. Its creation date is not inferred from the event date in this record.
Image source: Ed Newton-Rex; rights remain with the original rights holders.
Source · Statement on AI training — Ed Newton-Rex ↗SAG-AFTRA / Video-game performers’ labour dispute ↗
Collected events and documents are linked in the timeline; the case history remains under research.
View full image ↗SAG-AFTRA video game performers’ strike graphic, July 2024, preserved in contemporaneous coverage by 2x2.media.
SAG-AFTRA; reproduction source: 2x2.media
Source · SAG-AFTRA begins a strike against video game companies ↗Brazil’s Dublagem Viva / Dubbing and AI regulation ↗
Collected events and documents are linked in the timeline; the case history remains under research.
View full image ↗Public hearing on AI regulation in dubbing at Brazil’s Chamber of Deputies, 29 August 2024. Photograph by Bruno Spada.
Bruno Spada / Câmara dos Deputados
Source · Dubbing workers call for protection against unauthorised AI voice use ↗NOMORE Unauthorized Generative AI / Japanese voice actors’ video campaign ↗
Collected events and documents are linked in the timeline; the case history remains under research.
View full image ↗A montage of participating voice performers published on the NOMORE Unauthorised Generative AI campaign website.
NOMORE Unauthorised Generative AI campaign; rights retained by source
Source · NOMORE Unauthorised Generative AI campaign ↗Glaze / Defensive tool for artists ↗
Collected events and documents are linked in the timeline; the case history remains under research.
View full image ↗A work by Karla Ortiz shown on the Glaze project website as a Glazed example.
© Karla Ortiz; source: University of Chicago Glaze project
Source · Glaze: project description and examples ↗Nightshade / Defensive tool for creators ↗
Collected events and documents are linked in the timeline; the case history remains under research.
View full image ↗A treated work by Yujin Choo displayed as an example on the Nightshade project website.
© Yujin Choo; source: University of Chicago Nightshade project
Source · Nightshade: project description and examples ↗Procreate / Statement against introducing generative AI ↗
Research is ongoing; collected events do not constitute a complete case history.
View full image ↗An image of digital drawing from Procreate’s statement against introducing generative AI.
Procreate / Savage Interactive; rights retained by source
Source · Procreate’s position on AI ↗Original sources
Câmara dos Deputados · PT
Read original source ↗Câmara dos Deputados · PT
Read original source ↗Volunteer voice actors’ group · JA
Read original source ↗Glaze research team / USENIX · EN
Read original source ↗Shawn Shan and others / arXiv · EN
Read original source ↗This research guide is written by the archive. Its Chinese and English texts may include AI-assisted translations and may not yet have received independent human review. Check historical claims and rights information against the original-language sources.
Citation & methodology
This topic is a selection and reading path, not an exhaustive history. Cite the relevant record and original source for specific claims. To cite this guide, give its title, URL and access date.
ANTI-AI ARCHIVE. Anti-AI events: protest, creative labour and consent. https://salondesrefuses.cn/en/topics/anti-ai-events/guides/overview
Methodology & citation ↗