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Company pulls Make Designs after requests to design weather app result in program ‘almost identical’ to iOS appThe technology design company Figma has pulled an AI-powered app creator, after accusations that the tool was ripping off Apple’s weather app.The chief executive of the company, which was the target of a $20bn takeover attempt by Adobe until EU and UK regulators opposed it, defended the tool against accusations of plagiarism on social media, but accepted that the company had “missed the mark” due to an issue “related to the underlying design systems”. Continue reading…
Company pulls Make Designs after requests to design weather app result in program ‘almost identical’ to iOS app
The technology design company Figma has pulled an AI-powered app creator, after accusations that the tool was ripping off Apple’s weather app.
The chief executive of the company, which was the target of a $20bn takeover attempt by Adobe until EU and UK regulators opposed it, defended the tool against accusations of plagiarism on social media, but accepted that the company had “missed the mark” due to an issue “related to the underlying design systems”.