Figma's AI-powered 'Make Design' feature was temporarily disabled after it was discovered to be generating designs that closely resembled Apple's Weather app, raising concerns about potential copyright infringement and inadequate quality assurance.
Figma launched its 'Make Design' AI feature at its Config conference, which generates UI layouts and components from text prompts to help developers quickly create design drafts. The feature uses off-the-shelf large language models including OpenAI's GPT-4o and Amazon's Titan Image Generator G1, combined with commissioned design systems. Andy Allen, founder of NotBoring Software, discovered that the tool repeatedly reproduced designs strikingly similar to Apple's Weather app when tested. Allen warned other designers on X about potential legal trouble from unknowingly copying existing apps. Figma CEO Dylan Field responded by taking responsibility for pushing the team to meet a deadline without adequate quality assurance and temporarily disabled the feature. Field clarified that the tool was not trained on Figma content, community files, or app designs, but acknowledged that the variability in outputs was too low. CTO Kris Rasmussen confirmed they did no training themselves and the issue appears to stem from the commissioned design systems used with third-party models. The feature will remain disabled until Figma completes a full quality assurance review.
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