RGD updates its Code of Ethics with new rules on AI disclosure

RGD, the Canadian association of registered graphic designers, uses this piece to walk through a dozen AI tools now common in design work, from Adobe Firefly to Figma AI and Midjourney, while insisting none of it counts as endorsement. The more substantive move is procedural: RGD says its Code of Ethics has been updated with specific guidance on AI, requiring designers to disclose AI use, keep an AI statement or policy, and check licensing and data terms tool by tool rather than trusting a blanket assurance from any vendor. RGD's own statement is blunt about the state of the underlying systems, calling out "bias, compensation and overall transparency" as unresolved flaws and putting responsibility on the designer rather than the software. The practical upshot for a working designer is a documentation habit, not a new creative method.