Etsy’s new CEO cracks down on AI listings—and buyers start to return

Etsy’s new CEO is fighting a flood of AI-generated junk with a surprising weapon: more AI. When Etsy launched in 2005, the arts and crafts marketplace quickly won a cultlike devotion from sellers and buyers alike for its “keeping commerce human” ethos and its focus on small vendors with original products. But with time, the Brooklyn-based company’s quest for growth resulted in an influx of listings of products that were not genuinely handmade or unique—or at least didn’t appear to be.

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