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After Figma\u2019s new AI feature was called out for looking like Apple\u2019s Weather app, the CEO Dylan Field has temporarily disabled it until they feel \u201cconfident\u201d in standing behind its output.<\/p>\n
The founder of NotBoring Software, Andy Allen, was the first to spot the similarities as he took to X to accuse Figma of \u2018heavily\u2019 training its tool<\/a> on existing apps. The Figma CEO has denied the accusation in his response.<\/p>\n Figma AI looks rather heavily trained on existing apps.<\/p>\n This is a “weather app” using the new Make Designs feature and the results are basically Apple’s Weather app (left). Tried three times, same results. https:\/\/t.co\/Ij20OpPCer<\/a> pic.twitter.com\/psFTV6daVD<\/a><\/p>\n \u2014 Andy Allen (@asallen) July 1, 2024<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n \u201cFigma AI looks rather heavily trained on existing apps,\u201d writes Andy Allen. He includes a side-by-side of Figma AI and Apple\u2019s Weather app and says he tested the new tool three times and each output resulted in an almost carbon copy.<\/p>\n After, he issued a warning to any designers using the new \u2018Make Design\u2019 feature as he said \u201cyou may want to thoroughly check existing apps or modify the results heavily so that you don\u2019t unknowingly land yourself in legal trouble.\u201d<\/p>\n A day later, on July 2, Dylan Field replied to Allen\u2019s comments. He said: \u201cAs we shared at Config last week \u2013 as well as on our blog, our website, and many other touchpoints \u2013 the Make Design feature is not trained on Figma content<\/a>, community files or app designs.<\/p>\n \u201cIn other words, the accusations around data training in this tweet are false.\u201d<\/p>\n (1) As we shared at Config last week \u2013 as well as on our blog, our website, and many other touchpoints \u2013 the Make Design feature is not trained on Figma content, community files or app designs. In other words, the accusations around data training in this tweet are false. https:\/\/t.co\/jlfmroPPhm<\/a><\/p>\n \u2014 Dylan Field (@zoink) July 2, 2024<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n The new feature is by the collaborative design tool company Figma.<\/p>\n He says \u2018Make Design\u2019 uses off-the-shelf LLMs combined with design systems that have been commissioned to be used by these models. He explains how within hours of seeing the tweet by Allen, they identified the issue which was \u201crelated to the underlying design systems that were created.<\/p>\n \u201cUltimately it is my fault for not insisting on a better QA process for this work and pushing our team hard to hit a deadline for Config.\u201d<\/p>\n The tool will be re-enabled when a full QA pass has been completed on the underlying design system. While a date for the second launch isn\u2019t yet known, the founder teases it by saying \u2018more soon.\u2019<\/p>\n Featured Image: Photo by Mariia Shalabaieva<\/a> on Unsplash<\/a><\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n\n
Figma CEO says accusations around data training are false<\/b><\/h2>\n
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