Figma has announced that the company will temporarily disable its primary AI App UI design tool following accusations of training the model on Apple’s Weather app.
Attempts by Andy Allen using Figma to create a weather app resulted in a rip-off of Apple’s own app (left).
Attempts by Andy Allen using Figma to create a weather app resulted in a rip-off of Apple’s own app (left).
Controversy has clouded Figma’s “Make Design” feature since developer Andy Allen of NotBoring Software proved that asking the AI software to make a weather app repeatedly just copied Apple’s app.
In response, Figma CEO Dylan Field called the accusation “false” in a series of tweets on X.com. While relying heavily on off-the-shelf Large Language Models (LLMs), the “Make Design” system also uses what Field called “bespoke underlying design systems” of their own creation.
Figma disables AI-powered ‘Make Design’ feature after Weather app rip-off
Figma disables AI-powered ‘Make Design’ feature after Weather app rip-off