$5 to $7 per image
Images of nudity, which need special handling (Defined.ai)
Dated 6 Apr 2024Source checked 11 Oct 2026Quote found on its page again 17 Oct 2026Basis: reported
In the source's own words
“Nude images, which require special handling, can cost $5 to $7 per image.”
Where it was read
The Decoder (summarising Reuters), checked 11 Oct 2026
Also read from the same source
- Short-form videos licensed for AI training (Defined.ai)
- Longer films and professional video (Defined.ai's quoted rate)
- Most of Freepik's roughly 200 million image archive licensed to two large tech companies
- Shutterstock image-library licences to large tech buyers
- Images sold through a data marketplace (Defined.ai's quoted rate)
- General text sold through a data marketplace (Defined.ai's quoted rate)
What it is about
Figures it counts in
- $1.71 per imageImages, asking prices off the shelf, per image
- $0.27 to $5.27 per imagePublic prices for images
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