He Scraped All of Their Art for AI. Now He’s Collaborating on a Tool to Help Them
The person who scraped Cara's art for AI training is now building tools to protect creators from exactly that — a reconciliation story with real policy implications.
Why it matters
As data scraping and creator protection become central to AI's societal acceptance, this story illustrates the tension between AI training practice and creator rights—and signals a shift toward collaborative solutions rather than pure antagonism.
The key facts
10 to knowCara is a creator portfolio platform explicitly designed to exclude AI training
Platform has faced troll attacks and data breaches
The original scraper is now collaborating on protective tools
Story reflects broader creator-rights and data-scraping controversy
Signals potential reconciliation between AI builders and creative communities
Cara is an art portfolio platform explicitly designed to exclude AI training
Platform has been targeted by data scraping for AI model training
The scraper is now collaborating on a tool to help protect creator data
Story involves troll harassment and data theft from the platform
Published Aug 2026 — current timeline
Go to the source
Wired AIwired.com
Publisher excerpt: The art portfolio platform Cara, designed for creators who don’t want their work used to train AI, has been under assault by trolls seizing and publishing its data.