‘This is fine’ artist KC Green reaches agreement with AI startup Artisan

“This is fine” 创作者 KC Green 与 AI 初创公司 Artisan 达成和解

After criticizing a startup called Artisan for misusing his work, artist KC Green — creator of the famous “This is fine” meme — said he’s reached an agreement with Artisan. 在指责初创公司 Artisan 滥用其作品后，著名表情包“This is fine”（一切都好）的创作者、艺术家 KC Green 表示，他已与 Artisan 达成和解。

The dispute arose after the startup appeared to use a version of Green’s art to promote its AI assistant Ava. In Artisan’s bus and subway ads, Green’s recognizable dog sat amid recognizable flames, but instead of saying “This is fine,” it declared, “My pipeline is on fire,” while the ad urged people to “Hire Ava the AI BDR.” 此次纠纷源于该公司似乎使用了 Green 作品的变体来推广其 AI 助手 Ava。在 Artisan 的公交和地铁广告中，Green 笔下标志性的狗狗坐在熟悉的火焰中，但它说的不再是“一切都好”，而是“我的工作流程着火了”（My pipeline is on fire），广告还呼吁人们“雇佣 AI 业务开发代表 Ava”。

Earlier this month, Green posted on social media that his art had been “stolen like AI steals” and urged his followers to “vandalize” the ads if they saw them. He also told TechCrunch he was frustrated about having to “try my hand at the American court system” instead of putting that time into his comics. 本月初，Green 在社交媒体上发文称，他的艺术作品被“像 AI 窃取作品那样被窃取了”，并呼吁粉丝如果看到这些广告就去“破坏”它们。他还告诉 TechCrunch，他感到非常沮丧，因为他不得不“尝试去应对美国司法系统”，而不是将时间投入到漫画创作中。

Artisan, meanwhile, told us it has “a lot of respect for Green and his work.” Then, earlier this week, founder and CEO Jaspar Carmichael-Jack said the two sides had come to an agreement. 与此同时，Artisan 向我们表示，他们“非常尊重 Green 及其作品”。随后，本周早些时候，创始人兼首席执行官 Jaspar Carmichael-Jack 表示双方已达成协议。

When TechCrunch reached out to Green, he confirmed that they’d “reached a settlement pretty quick,” with Artisan taking down the ads in New York and San Francisco that used his character, and Green taking down his initial post. 当 TechCrunch 联系 Green 时，他证实双方“很快达成了和解”，Artisan 已撤下纽约和旧金山使用其角色的广告，而 Green 也删除了最初的抗议帖。