AI image generators aren't killing stock photography but transforming it, offering customization while traditional libraries pivot toward hyper-authentic human imagery. Such a shift in the traditional stock photography into the AI-generated image assets is not entirely convenience and cost-based. And, by the way, it is not only designers or marketers who use these generative AI tools as well. The question is who owns an image generated by a free to use AI image generator? It’s better to view AI images in stock libraries or even AI image generators themselves as just another creative tool that can make your work stronger instead of something that’s here to replace your hand entirely.