Etsy bans AI-generated recipes and patterns from its online marketplace
2026-10-22 · Tech
Etsy had to explicitly ban AI-generated recipes and patterns because apparently the 'handmade marketplace' was getting flooded with bot-churned garbage. Nothing says 'artisanal craft' like a ChatGPT knitting pattern. Sellers now need actual human involvement — a bar so low it's underground, yet here we are.