Phoenix1966 posted at 2:11 PM Tue, 14 April 2026 - #4505299

3DShards, as of yesterday, will no longer sell anything made with AI moving forward. I think that's a great call, while Renderosity's home splash page features prominently the AI image of Powerage's Greenhouse (which is arguably a product that does not exist in that form here in the store even as a 2D backdrop). 

A New Chapter: Standing Up for Our Artists

Important Policy Update – April 13, 2026

Artificial Intelligence has rapidly changed the landscape of 3D creation. Until now, we believed that transparency and user choice were enough—providing filters and clear disclosures so you could decide how to build your workflow. However, as the industry evolves, so does our responsibility to the people who make this community possible.

We have decided to move beyond mere transparency. From now on, we are actively protecting our artists and championing their unique value.

Our New Standard: No New AI Content

Based on a collective decision made by all our vendors, as of April 13, 2026, 3DShards will no longer accept new products that have utilized AI in their creation process.

This isn’t just about technology; it’s about a commitment to craftsmanship. We believe that the soul of 3D art lies in human skill, years of practice, and intentional design. By closing our doors to new AI-assisted assets, we are ensuring that our platform remains a sanctuary for genuine human talent and professional integrity.

What Happens to Existing Assets?

To respect the purchases and workflows of our current customers, existing assets that were previously approved will remain in the store. However, our commitment to clarity remains absolute:

Full Disclosure: Older products will continue to clearly state if AI tools were used within the Attributes tab.

Precise Detail: We will still specify exactly where those tools were applied (textures, meshes, or specific elements). If somewhere miss, let us know.

Total Control: You can still use our filters to browse only non-AI assets, ensuring your library meets your specific standards.

Why This Matters

“AI is a tool, but it should never replace the artist. We choose to stand with the creators who put their passion into every polygon.”

Transparency sets the stage, but protection builds the future. By prioritizing human-made work, we are ensuring that the 3DShards community remains a place where quality is defined by expertise, not by an algorithm.

Thank you for supporting real artists.

The 3DShards Team & Vendor Community

wow, just wow!!!

what an absolutely fucking brilliant policy!!

thanks so much for posting that, bingomion...

'Full Disclosure: Older products will continue to clearly state if AI tools were used within the Attributes tab.'

Yeah, that's how it should be 

Thank you to everyone that is bringing this information to light. Now I understand why I am unable to get some of the products I own to look like the promos when I am testing them. Sadly many of the vendors mention were at the top of my favorite list, and now well...I think you get the idea. Keep providing information such as this for people like me that have not idea we are being duped. 

https://www.renderosity.com/marketplace/products/170991/blacksmith-workshop-for-daz-studio

https://www.renderosity.com/marketplace/products/170991/blacksmith-workshop-for-daz-studio

GGreen posted at 1:49 PM Wed, 15 April 2026 - #4505337

https://www.renderosity.com/marketplace/products/170991/blacksmith-workshop-for-daz-studio

Yeah, the main promo clearly shows “brush strokes” like it was a painting, but under AI Use: no data? 

Shame on Renderosity. This is unacceptable that new products are being released with the AI field blank. But, I’ll mention again their main splash page image is 2/3 an AI image, so I guess customers and vendors know where they stand. 

Yes, as a longtime vendor, I know how the order goes. But, yesterday, I went through my admittedly small store and edited them all to acknowledge there was no AI used. Vendors can do so at any time now. It is not limited to just on upload. What is the point of having that data field and not requiring vendors to use it especially when it seems clear AI was used?

Or AI was used and they say it was not...

Yes, as a longtime vendor, I know how the order goes. But, yesterday, I went through my admittedly small store and edited them all to acknowledge there was no AI used. Vendors can do so at any time now. It is not limited to just on upload. What is the point of having that data field and not requiring vendors to use it especially when it seems clear AI was used?

If ai is used in the promos, I don't buy it. Why even bother making a promo with ai?

But I made an exception for ai in production for Powerage's & Shreddder's people because I need to populate scenes, but I don't use the props.

arifzhafir posted at 4:07 AM Wed, 22 April 2026 - #4505629

If ai is used in the promos, I don't buy it. Why even bother making a promo with ai?

But I made an exception for ai in production for Powerage's & Shreddder's people because I need to populate scenes, but I don't use the props.

Phoenix1966 posted at 7:02 PM Wed, 15 April 2026 - #4505346

GGreen posted at 1:49 PM Wed, 15 April 2026 - #4505337

https://www.renderosity.com/marketplace/products/170991/blacksmith-workshop-for-daz-studio

Yeah, the main promo clearly shows “brush strokes” like it was a painting, but under AI Use: no data? 

Shame on Renderosity. This is unacceptable that new products are being released with the AI field blank. But, I’ll mention again their main splash page image is 2/3 an AI image, so I guess customers and vendors know where they stand. 

That said, the first image clearly has an artistic effect applied. But I am not confident that any of the images were made without AI. I personally would not buy the product because I don't think I can tell what the product actually does or does not contain, and what its actual quality is. This is especially bearing in mind the very significant differences between images on some of the vendor's other products where the lead image was AI and had very significant differences compared to the non-AI images. https://www.renderosity.com/marketplace/products/170725/victorian-greenhouse-for-daz-studio really highlights the differences. The more recent ones, I just don't know if any of the images are real.

If the images were individually labeled, that might alleviate that uncertainty.

that is part of the reason i keep asking for a wireframe promo picture requirement, so you can see the mesh exactly for what it is, or isn't...

i just think, overall, AI should not be anywhere within the MP, period, be it contained in misleading promo pics or within actual questionable models themselves...

how far things have fallen... sigh

I agree, if you're selling 3D assets you should show wire frame images.

I think all this AI labelling stuff is a waste of time, I doubt there's a business case for buying AI art at human made prices. And probably just a quick fix reactionary measure.

If people actually bothered to read some 3D AI tool promotion you would see that AI isn't an art tool but an Artist replacement, from concept to asset ready product.

I agree, if you're selling 3D assets you should show wire frame images.

I think all this AI labelling stuff is a waste of time, I doubt there's a business case for buying AI art at human made prices. And probably just a quick fix reactionary measure.

If people actually bothered to read some 3D AI tool promotion you would see that AI isn't an art tool but an Artist replacement, from concept to asset ready product.

WendyLuvsCatz posted at 4:19 AM Wed, 22 April 2026 - #4505630

arifzhafir posted at 4:07 AM Wed, 22 April 2026 - #4505629

If ai is used in the promos, I don't buy it. Why even bother making a promo with ai?

But I made an exception for ai in production for Powerage's & Shreddder's people because I need to populate scenes, but I don't use the props.

I think the people are AI specifically https://www.meshy.ai/

"If people actually bothered to read some 3D AI tool promotion you would see that AI isn't an art tool but an Artist replacement, from concept to asset ready product."

The replacement of people is a fait accompli. As Yuval Noah Harari said, "We won't even need you people as slaves!" Nor will they need us to produce children for them to rape and eat. And this is why in 2019 they rolled out Phase 1 of the Culling with the batshit virus jab, which contained the receptors for the Phase 2 virus which will be released within the next three years. That, combined with global economic collapse and engineered famine will set the stage for their final solution.

Time to switch sides, stop sitting on the fence, and come to Jesus! He's Real, and you can meet Him for yourself. Don't have to take my word for it. Ask.

er no

I trust scientists not social media influencers, conspiracy theorists and antivaxxers, knew people with polio who survived disabled, deaf people whose mothers had German measles when pregnant, don't want to live in the Dark Ages

er no

I trust scientists not social media influencers, conspiracy theorists and antivaxxers, knew people with polio who survived disabled, deaf people whose mothers had German measles when pregnant, don't want to live in the Dark Ages

That's great!

Rhia474 posted at 7:14 PM Wed, 22 April 2026 - #4505668

bingomion posted at 6:52 PM Wed, 22 April 2026 - #4505667

I agree, if you're selling 3D assets you should show wire frame images.

I think all this AI labelling stuff is a waste of time, I doubt there's a business case for buying AI art at human made prices. And probably just a quick fix reactionary measure.

If people actually bothered to read some 3D AI tool promotion you would see that AI isn't an art tool but an Artist replacement, from concept to asset ready product.

I don't think you need to think that those commenting here aren't aware of this fact all too well. What we are objecting to is precisely the replacement part of the equation.

I know, but obviously Bondware doesn't or doesn't care.

Technically, sellers must have proven IP ownership to license to Bondware. AI authorship can't be reliably attributed to a human, and it can't ensure proper compensation for the original artists whose work trained the models. So buyers take the legal risk not Bondware if assets are label correctly.

So I just see AI content on a store as a Lose:Lose situation.

You would think renderosity being in business for so long and having the great Poser legacy, that they would be vocal supporters of human Artist and creativity :/

If you don't laugh you cry lol

We are seeing Human-only,  human-made, AI-free and no-AI spaces now so that's good.

Its even worse at the Daz Store by the way. At least we are getting some disclosure here. At the Daz Store MagicBrush uses AI on nearly all their promos, they've been using AI since their very first releases in the store.  And I've told Daz about it many times with examples and they don't even post it in the forums, they never acknowledge it. The latest example is the dforce MB Pinafore Pleated skirt. It doesn't even look like the same item the AI is so deceptive. The pleats dissapear (its not from dforce, they are not there) and look at the straps on the shoulders, the texturing is gone.  It's all AI. Its just a very basic piece of clothing which would get no interest at all if it wasn't for the AI promos. But what you have is a consumer base at Daz that rarely even renders the assets they buy. They are collectors who just continuosly buy, maybe they do a test render and don't even notice that the thing they bought is nothing like the promo. I don't even care anymore, I think the average Daz consumer is just really dumb. I realize there is some crossover here, but the people who frequent here seem to be a little smarter, but the ones that are always in the forums over there are just buyers, they don't create anything. They collect dolls and play dressup and if you try to point out something is AI to them, they just cover their ears and say I can't hear you, its not true. 

oh, we point it out

the DAZ moderation team removes such posts for speculation or accusation of wrongdoing

''dforce MB Pinafore Pleated skirt'. If the promos are AI they are really terrible images because looking at the promos, the pleats do not look natural. There is something off about this outfit even the wrinkles are off. Even the waistband is off. Some sort  of distortion and I am seeing  this without my eyeglasses.

Well, as of  now, I cannot find that product in the store at all. I wonder if it was removed.

It’s even worse at the Daz Store by the way. At least we are getting some disclosure here. At the Daz Store MagicBrush uses AI on nearly all their promos, they've been using AI since their very first releases in the store.  And I've told Daz about it many times with examples and they don't even post it in the forums, they never acknowledge it. The latest example is the dforce MB Pinafore Pleated skirt. It doesn't even look like the same item the AI is so deceptive. The pleats dissapear (it’s not from dforce, they are not there) and look at the straps on the shoulders, the texturing is gone.  It's all AI. It’s just a very basic piece of clothing which would get no interest at all if it wasn't for the AI promos. But what you have is a consumer base at Daz that rarely even renders the assets they buy. They are collectors who just continuosly buy, maybe they do a test render and don't even notice that the thing they bought is nothing like the promo. I don't even care anymore, I think the average Daz consumer is just really dumb. I realize there is some crossover here, but the people who frequent here seem to be a little smarter, but the ones that are always in the forums over there are just buyers, they don't create anything. They collect dolls and play dressup and if you try to point out something is AI to them, they just cover their ears and say I can't hear you, its not true. 

With the “dForce MB Pinafore Pleated Skirt,” I honestly can’t see any signs of AI in the promo images at all. I even did a quick test myself, and here are the results. The first image shows the default pose, and you can clearly see the pleats exactly as they appear in the promotional renders.

The other two images are from a simulated pose (I’m definitely not great at simulations, and this was just a quick test done on the fly 😉). Even there, the pleats are still clearly visible, and I genuinely have no idea where people claim textures are supposedly disappearing.

Honestly, when it comes to MB’s products, I really don’t see any evidence of AI being used in the promotional images. So it’s not surprising that DAZ doesn’t respond to these accusations and even removes posts like that.

MargyThunderstorm posted at 2:05 AM Sat, 25 April 2026 - #4505782

Honestly, when it comes to MB’s products, I really don’t see any evidence of AI being used in the promotional images. So it’s not surprising that DAZ doesn’t respond to these accusations and even removes posts like that.

it wasn't MB I personally have been moderated for either, they weren't even on my radar

MargyThunderstorm posted at 2:05 AM Sat, 25 April 2026 - #4505782

Honestly, when it comes to MB’s products, I really don’t see any evidence of AI being used in the promotional images. So it’s not surprising that DAZ doesn’t respond to these accusations and even removes posts like that.

I was referring to pointing out AI usage in general 

it wasn't MB I personally have been moderated for either, they weren't even on my radar

Oh Wendy, I never actually replied to your comment. My response was meant for GeorgeWeber. I think I accidentally mixed parts of it up with what you wrote about the forum - sorry about that.

MargyThunderstorm posted at 2:40 AM Sat, 25 April 2026 - #4505784

WendyLuvsCatz posted at 2:24 AM Sat, 25 April 2026 - #4505783

MargyThunderstorm posted at 2:05 AM Sat, 25 April 2026 - #4505782

Honestly, when it comes to MB’s products, I really don’t see any evidence of AI being used in the promotional images. So it’s not surprising that DAZ doesn’t respond to these accusations and even removes posts like that.

I was referring to pointing out AI usage in general 

it wasn't MB I personally have been moderated for either, they weren't even on my radar

Oh Wendy, I never actually replied to your comment. My response was meant for GeorgeWeber. I think I accidentally mixed parts of it up with what you wrote about the forum - sorry about that.

there is also incidentally a discussion on the DAZ Forum ongoing by these users I am only watching to see if any posts disappear like mine do on almost any topic there 🤣

I never name actual PAs or products with the one exception of Powerage in this thread after much deliberation, only for nondisclosure though as I personally am not against AI, only not disclosing it's usage

Isn’t it troubling that we have reached a point where we sometimes dismiss real art as AI, simply because we have so often been presented with AI as if it were real art? This is not just happening in 3D. Even with videos, I now find myself constantly wondering about everything I watch, is this real or is it AI? You can no longer fully trust your own judgment. And that is exactly why I think it is so important that all platforms, regardless of the field, handle this topic transparently.

There is growing frustration among users. It leads to heated and sometimes aggressive discussions across all areas, and not just because a product generated by a machine is being sold at the same price as something made by hand. I think these discussions also happen because people feel deceived.

Honestly, I would not spend 20 dollars on a package of textures that were most likely generated by AI, when I could either buy similar textures for 3 dollars on Etsy or create them myself using AI. It is also a matter of proportion. Selling an AI generated texture for the same price as, for example, a script feels quite audacious. But apparently, there is a market for it.

And let us not forget those who use AI to deceive other people, not only in terms of perception, but also to take their money.

https://www.daz3d.com/dforce-mb-pinafore-pleated-skirt-for-genesis-9-feminine

Phoenix1966 posted at 1:16 AM Sat, 25 April 2026 - #4505781

GeorgeWeber posted at 3:16 PM Fri, 24 April 2026 - #4505767

It’s even worse at the Daz Store by the way. At least we are getting some disclosure here. At the Daz Store MagicBrush uses AI on nearly all their promos, they've been using AI since their very first releases in the store.  And I've told Daz about it many times with examples and they don't even post it in the forums, they never acknowledge it. The latest example is the dforce MB Pinafore Pleated skirt. It doesn't even look like the same item the AI is so deceptive. The pleats dissapear (it’s not from dforce, they are not there) and look at the straps on the shoulders, the texturing is gone.  It's all AI. It’s just a very basic piece of clothing which would get no interest at all if it wasn't for the AI promos. But what you have is a consumer base at Daz that rarely even renders the assets they buy. They are collectors who just continuosly buy, maybe they do a test render and don't even notice that the thing they bought is nothing like the promo. I don't even care anymore, I think the average Daz consumer is just really dumb. I realize there is some crossover here, but the people who frequent here seem to be a little smarter, but the ones that are always in the forums over there are just buyers, they don't create anything. They collect dolls and play dressup and if you try to point out something is AI to them, they just cover their ears and say I can't hear you, its not true. 

If you’re talking about the render showing the outfit converted to G8 in the Daz forums, I’m pretty sure the user mistakenly converted the pinafore outfit created by PA Leviathan.

The funniest one is this was in the main promo for this outfit. How do you miss this? Usually the first thing you check is the fingers. 

This was for another one of their products, flight attendant hair, where the ear obviously changes. I don't know how they miss these. That second ear is just so uncanny.

George Weber

Flight attendant hair is by princesspa, and seriously now I am getting more confused. Some of the things being stated are confusing me. If the ear changes... could it be a different character or was the ear changed intentionally? On this page alone we have been discussing three different vendors and now I am having difficulty following the thread. I love all of the products I own by the vendors mentioned. The three tiered skirt shown above in one of the images, looks like the https://www.daz3d.com/harmonious-discord-outfit-for-genesis-8-female-s, and that is not a texture that comes with the outfit (if this is not the correct outfit, please tell us the name of it)

I am pretty sure I own the black outfit you showed above the skirts, but right now I can not recall the name... I want to say it is the Wednesday dress, but I might be wrong.

This outfit name does not come to mind, but I know I have seen it somewhere -

Here are you saying that AI gives extra fingers?

my examples are all stuff by princess_pa. In the first image you can see the problem with the fingers circled, an extra partial finger is merged in.  In the second, the heart texture is actually running off of the top layer of the dress, that's impossible unless it is AI. Regarding the airline hair, that is the same model in all the pics, go look at that hair, the ears change. This is not due to lighting or a change in the model. Its the AI screwing up the ears. And the last one above, you can count 5 fingetips plus the thumb, there are 6 fingers. So the thing is that if the PAs are using AI for promos and leaving behind these tell tale signs, I just won't buy it. I can't trust the quality of the product. Maybe its good and they just wanted to enhance it. I just won't buy it, If you are a PA and use AI to enhance your promo images. 

I own that outfit and a few their other ones

are very nice

no idea why they use AI in promos as could just render as is

I own that outfit and a few their other ones

are very nice

no idea why they use AI in promos as could just render as is

Situation sucks, but it's getting harder to wonder about the proliferation of AI in just about everything. It's in popular tools that are possibly part of any artist's workflow and our tech overlords stuff it in our faces. It's getting harder to avoid it. It's not part of anything I do, but I'm an outlier. And I don't know about you, but I get constant offers for various software products that include AI enhancement for text, photos, images, and more. I see promises that AI will simply do the work for me. It's seductive and I'm not surprised people go for it.

Of course, there is the unstated: AI data centers produce noises that cause negative health effects in the communities where they exist. They consume huge quantities of electricity, water, and computer hardware. They damage the environment, and they're making it increasingly difficult for ordinary people to afford computer hardware to do 3D work, play computer games, or even do school work. And, of course, the whole thing is based on the wholesale theft of all creative output within reach of the AI companies including basically everything that ever was on the internet. So, we all already pay a very heavy AI tax.It does make a certain amount of sense to get something for all that the AI companies steal from us and inflict on us. I won't do it, but lots of other people do, and some of them are rewarded quite handsomely for doing it. That's the reality.

The only thing you could possibly do is vote with your wallet and not buy anything that is or seems to be AI-made, as well as shunning everything to do with AI. That's what I do. The trouble is, as you can see for yourself, it doesn't matter!  The economy now is all AI. There is an aggregate of trillions of dollars in the AI industry. Our tiny wallets don't even make the equivalent of a pimple on the surface of all that. Until the bubble bursts (if the bubble bursts), your fabulously wealthy tech overlords will just keep ramming AI nonsense down our throats until we all choke.

When enough people decide AI is the way, little vistas of creativity like Rendo will vanish. The people rendering images will just put text prompts into an AI interface and marvel at the wonders of what they get back - A lot of people apparently do that already.  And the people making content will mostly be out of luck. Because, and here's another interesting point: a lot of people in the community here and on other sites like this are old and getting older. As time marches on, old folks fall by the wayside and young folks, being young, won't know or care about anything but AI - Unless, after all is said and done, the whole AI thing collapses.

Torquinox posted at 10:04 PM Sun, 26 April 2026 - #4505831

The only thing you could possibly do is vote with your wallet and not buy anything that is or seems to be AI-made, as well as shunning everything to do with AI. 

You can also starve AI by licensing your work to exclude AI training, AI would degenerate from learning on other AI data.

Or license it for AI training for a huge premium for that privilege.

IMO the Standard/Extra license is from a old, smaller and simpler world that we don't live in anymore :/

You can also starve AI by licensing your work to exclude AI training, AI would degenerate from learning on other AI data.

Or license it for AI training for a huge premium for that privilege.

IMO the Standard/Extra license is from a old, smaller and simpler world that we don't live in anymore :/

I believe I read somewhere that it will take another five years before AI will sustain itself, feeding on all the accumulated data, errors and all, it has hoarded from the internet.

Le choix est simple, que l'on est le droit de choisir avec ou sans IA
On n’échappera pas à l'IA, c'est l'avenir
Au niveau de l'image, un écrémage se fera et il ne restera que les meilleur
Au niveau des scripts et des logiciels, on ne pourra plus prouver la provenance, le monde du libre va souffrir et nos même a essayer de faire des scripts avec l'IA, cela ne pourra qu'être pour nous perso.

The choice is simple: we have the right to choose with or without AI.

We can't escape AI; it's the future.

In terms of image, a selection process will take place, and only the best will remain. Regarding scripts and software, we will no longer be able to prove their origin; the open-source world will suffer, and even those who try to create scripts with AI will only benefit us personally.

If you don't want your images to be used as training data, you can use something like https://glaze.cs.uchicago.edu/ to make that usage more difficult. 

That's the opposite problem though. Some of us do need to be able to create content free of AI. And others may prefer to. AI won't go away but there are still a lot of unknowns about what exactly its role will be in the future. Right now it's being pushed below-cost in order to establish dependency, but that's not sustainable.

well at least they are being honest now

https://www.renderosity.com/marketplace/products/171322/creepy-smileys-for-daz-studio

I do like Powerage's products but prefer buying the 3D modelled stuff because its better

Yes they are being honest, but I refuse to knowingly purchase things made with AI. I like Powerage's products as well, but will shy away from the AI ones as long as I possibly can.

Yeah, that Batman logo on the Smilyes isn't problematic at all(because AI is so respectful of IP).

Eh… ai doesn’t care. And ai slop lacks copyright protection. But known logos and other ip are copyright protected, if the copyright holder cares to sue. But I suspect the ai industry will get away with all of it. Money talks, and the ai industry is awash in vc, corporate and government money, at least for now.

I would have no problem buying and using various props whose base was created with AI. Of course, only if it is labeled. But promotional images with AI are out of the question. I am a seller of the "old school" and once learned that these renders are untouchable. I do not edit a finished image of my dress (for example) with Photoshop, and certainly not with AI. All I can say is, show the reality, in this case the render. A background should not be a problem, but what is being sold should be disclosed.