A first-of-its-kind US copyright lawsuit targeting AI art generators, which have enjoyed explosive growth in recent months, could limit the number of images the tools ingest for training, ultimately affecting the content that they produce.
A group of artists filed a potential class action against billion-dollar company Stability AI Ltd. along with two other art generator makers, Midjourney Inc. and DeviantArt Inc., over their use of copyrighted images to train artificial intelligence tools. They claim that the generators downloaded and used billions of copyrighted images without obtaining the consent of or compensating any of the artists.
In addition to damages, ...
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