Figma’s AI-powered app generator is back after it was pulled for copying Apple
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Figma announced Make Designs in June as a way for designers to use generative AI to help start app designs, but early users quickly showed how it could mock up a weather app that looked remarkably close to Apple’s iPhone weather app. Although Figma insisted that the feature wasn’t trained on customer data — in fact, Figma said it didn’t train the off-the-shelf generative AI models used — the company removed the feature to give it more testing.
Now it’s coming back, called “First Draft,” and like Figma’s other AI features, it’s available currently in a limited beta.
Figma is also adding features to First Draft as part of the relaunch:
We’re also introducing some key updates, like letting you choose from one of four libraries depending on...