I came across a post on Facebook that lead me to this collection. All these models have been entered into the exclusive program. All the photos are fake. All the models are essentially the same, just with different copyrighted logos on them. I know these models violate a few rules, but man, this looks like a winning formula to me. Should be a bumper crop from the looks of it.
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A number of them wonāt have earned any points yet anyway and i donāt think its going to be a substantial enough number of points, there is also the risk of one of the teams finding you used their logo and having it removed which results in the points being removed
The model being the same with a different logo isnāt really an issue, so iām not sure which rules you think they violate other than IP infringement
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The model being the same is part of what makes it such an efficient farm. The other part of that is that all of the print profiles were uploaded with fake photos. The profiles also contain AMS and non AMS versions. The time it would take to print just one of these profiles to provide photographic evidence is substantial. And thereās 32 of them so far.
I doubt the IP owners will file reports, but anyone can report the profiles for lacking real print photos. The farmer has to hope to get enough points to make off with some cash or gift cards before that happens. Then they can start over with a new farm.
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Well go ahead if you want to i guess, most of the images look realistic enough that bambu potentially wonāt do anything in the 10 seconds of so someone will spend looking at it, some of them even have layer lines added
Only a few of his models have generated any amount of points and even then likely not all that much so its not like he has really gained all that many giftcards anyway
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The farm is less than two weeks old. These cooler coozies are trending. I wouldnāt be surprised if this farm continues to flourish. It takes time to grow.
About the photos. Iāve reported several profiles from other uploaders for using AI generated photos. Three weeks later they are still up. I donāt have enough data to draw a conclusion from that, but it suggests that AI generated photos with layer lines can pass at least some of the time.
Also, I wasnāt suggesting I was going to do anything other than observe and comment. I canāt personally bring myself to do something like this. Iām also not so personally offended that Iām going to report them. Itās just interesting to me. Maybe I should say that itās mildly interesting. Itās a story I can check in on every week or so.
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I am. Itās disingenuous at best. Take this nonsense to Etsy where it is encouraged and welcomed.
I flagged half a dozen as āPoints System Abuseā, with the comment:
This model is:
- IP violation of Major League Baseball trademarks
- Does not have real print photos, uses AI-generated images instead
- appears to be from a points farmer
Weāll see if they do anything about it. ĀÆ\_(ć)_/ĀÆ
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Drama intensifies.
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No. 1 is solid. However you are not the IP owner. So MW may not do anything about it.
No. 3 isnāt a valid reporting reason. But I understand the feeling 
No. 2 can be a good one if MW can determine that the photos are not real.
There can be another violation. If the only difference is the logo then it potentially could be under the prohibited practices (see screenshot below) . These should have been different profiles under the same uploads. Splitting them into multiple separate uploads is prohibited by the guidelines.
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This is what I would report it under.
I feel like the āpoint system abuseā is targeted towards people that are artificially creating downloads, not just spamming.
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They took down about 10 of my models when I was first starting out, claiming they were fake. (I did super impose a background, but the photos were of real prints).
These look very very real, it is insane how good AI has gotten at faking images and videos.
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I think MW struggles with the AI generated image problem since most of their own advertising use AI images.
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At this point, the designer should ask AI to make a SCAD code to make a generator for the model.
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It is also possible that the uploader printed one in small scale to minimize time and filament usage, took a photo, then asked AI to change the color of the model in the photo and put on the logo. Assessing if an image is AI generated or not can get complicated in hybrid situations.
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I wonder if the model itself was generated with AI, or if the designer made it.
If the model can be printed in real size and a photo of the printed model is taken as the cover image, I donāt have problem with it.
Long term, models that are created 100% with AI should be labeled as such. Those that are created with AI doing substantial weight lifting should be labeled as AI assisted. But this is an area where rules can be hard to enforce.
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Some of them still have the Gemini watermark. This one in particular looks like an injection molded cooler youād pick up at a yard sale for fifty cents. Maybe 25 cents if you haggled.
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They are all Gemini created. In a lot of them you can see a slight blur in the bottom right where they tried to get rid of the watermark.
My dream is that one of these days one of these point farmers will stumble upon a topic like this.
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Itās a CAD model. And itās fine other than they put a full fillet on the bottom.
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Iāve seen people do that ā printing their AI model at a very small scale just to have a real photo to post.