Why is this harmless prompt 'Violating the guidelines'?:

"full length tall man, gray moustache, gray punky pompadour hair, salmon colored pink suit, white sneakers, no tie, hand in pocket, open collar, head to toes, facing camera"

Tried all kinds of alternative words, but without any progress.

Please provide the user with feedback in stead of just a 'computer says no'.

This mechanism is a black box for most of us, yes,
Dave, do you have problems using the very same prompt at the Firefly site?

"A painterly sun in the style of Vincent van Gogh" causes a big red error to be displayed claiming that the prompt violates guidelines. Van Gogh's works are all public domain and should not raise any exceptions like this.

Oh got it so only adobe stock can use these exact words. Got it. Thanks for the response.

Amazingly, the UserVoice’s automatic profanity filter found something wrong with both words used in the comment you left.
So it is something odd with these two. I can’t even tell what these were, but this basically answers your question — these words ARE perceived by some filters as inappropriate. Use synonyms then.

**** emoji funny vector art, Emoji **** cartoon vector illustration graphic design,

...so what was the prompt, Patricia?

So I asked the system to generate an image. Oddly it’s against guidelines, but getting absolutely no problem in Adobe Stock. Why??

I needed to generate a dust plume coming up from behind the rear wheel of a photograph of a car. The description I entered is flagged as violating community standards. Could someone explain to me, like I'm in kindergarten, what in this description violates community standards? I'm thinking maybe because there are words with more than one syllable.

"A cloud of red rock dust spewing up from the wheels of the car's rear tires as if the vehicle is driving on a dirt road graded into the red rock of the Colorado Plateau in southern Utah."

Illustrator gives an error when writing absolutely any prompt. It is impossible to generate an image in either the beta or the main version

I think when 'one or more words' violate the guidelines, Illustrator should clearly inform us what words these are exactly.
I guess this can be used for a bad cause, like to gather the database of restricted words... but I don’t understand why normal users should suffer because of this.

Interesting. It’s hardly about confusion... I have some ideas on what can trigger the warning in a prompt like this, but I’d use 'conquer and divide' method to try to figure out what does: remove one half of a prompt and see if it goes. If the problem stays — remove one more half, but if it goes away — the offending word is probably in this removed part.
In any way, I’d start with a shorter prompt in the first place, adding more clarification incrementally, to see if matters.

I run a Ryzen 5 5500U MSI laptop and my Adobe Illustrator is the latest one from 2025.

I literally tried the most well-explained prompt so it leaves no confusion at all. But still in the middle of the process it gets terminated. Please take a look at my prompt,

"Create a clean, minimalist, and bold 2D illustration of Martin Luther King Jr. that highlights his facial features and expression. Focus on capturing the essence of his kindness, wisdom, and leadership. The portrait should be simplified with smooth, stylized lines, emphasizing his eyes, smile, and iconic facial characteristics. Use subtle shading to create depth while maintaining a modern, graphic, and easily recognizable design. Include a color palette that aligns with MLK Day—preferably warm tones, with contrasts that give the illustration a strong, positive, and inspirational vibe. The design should be suitable for use in a social media post, so ensure it’s clear, impactful, and visually striking."

My prompt for generative AI was "abscract [sic] background with 4 quotations". Illustrator threw a red warning: "One or more of your terms violate guidelines". I couldn't capture the screen because the warning disappeared quickly. When I corrected the spelling to "abstract" it generated results without a warning. Seems the warning should be a little different for this.

The word "hemp" is currently flagged in the generative feature, hindering my design workflow. Hemp is widely used in various legal industries, and I kindly request you to reconsider unflagging this term to support legitimate hemp businesses like mine.

Perhaps the word «boucherie» in this particular prompt is something the model rejects (the primary meanings are 'carnage, slaughter, bloodletting, massacre, destruction, annihilation, extermination, holocaust, bloodbath').
I am told Using the prompt in English ‘Black and white butcher shop logo’ works.

Lorsque je tape le prompt "Logo noir et blanc boucherie-charcuterie" ou "Logo noir et blanc boucherie". Il me refuse l'action sous pretexte que j'enfreins les consignes ???