In this article, I used images from the article and Arcade's Website. However, these days, most of my articles have images produced by an AI image generator.
That image never existed before and will probably never be duplicated again. It was for single use, embedded into the particular article.
The cost of production was zero, hence it is affordable to make one for each article.

This is something I'd like to speak to, also. It's a very good example of how this tech distributes power. I can't draw for shit, but I wanted an original design for my avatar. The few times I tried to work on one with artist friends it never worked out and everyone's time was wasted. I can't imagine what the cost might have been if I had been getting billed. Fast forward to Midjourney. I played around with it long enough to burn up my free time, paid $10 for a one month subscription, and got what I wanted free and clear.

I hear a lot of podcasters complaining about it because of how it will impact jobs in the creativity fields, but they aren't considering how much opportunity it opens up for average people in daily life. I'm trying to learn to play saxophone, but I'm not a musician. When I was a kid that meant I had weeks, months, maybe years of practice ahead of me before I could play something. Now, thanks to tech, there are all kinds of "fluff part" tutorials out there that make it so I can spend a few minutes practicing a key part, record it with my phone, loop it, add a quick drum track and simple bassline (which are also automated in dozens of apps) and I can give the illusion I know how to play. It isn't high art, but it's a door into another realm that just wasn't as easy to peek into a decade ago, but people who play bass and drums bitch because they had to learn, so it isn't fair that now I can just have bass and drums without years of study. It's a tired position across the board. If you enjoy playing the drums go play the drums. If you want me to pay you to play them go fuck yourself. Drums are free, now, man.