Incidentally, my wife is a very talented artist (to the point of receiving commissions very often) and in the past week I helped her set up an account on Cara. It's important for artists to now be "present" on a few of these platforms, as well as present at real life shows and events.<p>Personally I never thought Instagram was ideal for artwork on a technical level (compression and size/shape limits), but the audience is there, so I guess that is all there is to it.<p>Cara looks pretty standard, but it'll be interesting to see how well it copes with scaling up (technically and socially) and keeping the lights on. It seems to be mostly self-funded by the founder at the moment, so they're probably going to have to implement ads or a membership system.<p>I don't fully understand why other sites/apps that already serve this market did not absorb most of the Instagram artist exodus. I know DeviantArt kicked the door open for training AI models (and questionable content) a while back, but I thought ArtStation was still kicking around. I can only assume Cara looking practically identical to Instagram and X had something to do with it.<p>I do feel for artists who have spent so much time honing their craft to have it put into an art slot machine, as the Cara owner stated in the article. I've seen the countless hours my wife has put into developing herself and pieces through multiple mediums, way longer hours than I work as a dev, and much more perfectionist (even to the point of what I'd call "art dysmorphism", most artists seem blind to how talented they are and how good their work is). Frankly it would be upsetting if her digital or scanned physical work were scraped and could be recreated for free by adding "in the style of [her name]" to a text prompt.<p>Companies like OpenAI, Google and other private actors have gone across a red line in the way they've scraped content, and I hope those who have had years of their work scraped in seconds get some legal recompense for it. I'm sure all of this won't change Meta's direction, and Instagram will still be full of influencers, celebrities and such. Unfortunately I think it will weaken the already small visibility many artists get online, as a separate website devoted to art is only going to be sought by those looking for art.<p>Even if you are not an artist and being able to create AI art/illustrations/videos benefits you or your own work, one day these systems will scrape your lifes work (including programmers) and the years or decades you put into honing your craft will be reduced to a text prompt your boss/clients will use instead of you. And the kicker will be that it will be piggy backing on all of the time and work that you put in. That should concern anybody who takes pride in their work.