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Consumers Shun AI-Generated Assets on Marketplaces, Favoring Human Creators

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Despite the rapid influx of AI-generated assets onto online marketplaces, consumers are largely hesitant to purchase them, preferring human-made products. A report from CGTrader indicates that AI assets constitute a small fraction of sales and revenue, with many customers finding them inadequate. Experts suggest this trend reflects a broader economic shift where human creativity and quality are increasingly valued by consumers, even as AI tools like coding agents can boost production volume. AI

IMPACT Highlights a current consumer preference for human-made goods over AI-generated alternatives, suggesting a potential bottleneck for AI adoption in creative marketplaces.

RANK_REASON Article discusses consumer sentiment and market trends regarding AI-generated products, rather than a specific AI release or development.

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Consumers Shun AI-Generated Assets on Marketplaces, Favoring Human Creators

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  1. Fortune TIER_1 English(EN) · Sasha Rogelberg ·

    ‘Buyers aren’t yet opening their wallets’: AI-generated assets are flooding marketplaces, but consumers are snubbing them for human-made products

    In 3D model marketplace CGTrader, AI-generated assets made up one-sixth of newly uploaded models, but just 2.6% of sales.

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