Nobody needs to use AI images to accompany their Substack writing when The Met Open Access, The Getty Open Content Program, The National Gallery of Art Open Access, The Cleveland Museum of Art Open Access, and Europeana all exist, offering free high quality downloads of over half a million pieces of art (and these five are only a starting point for orgs putting art into the public domain).

Not being able to afford to pay an artist for custom work is a paper thin excuse when there’s such a vast …