Generative AI Debate Braces for Post-Warhol Fair Use Impact

The US Supreme Court’s recent guidance on how courts must evaluate copyright law’s fair use doctrine will have major implications on the debate over generative artificial intelligence models that are trained on billions of images, texts, and other copyrighted works.

But exactly how far the high court’s lengthy opinion in Andy Warhol Foundation v. Goldsmith will sway that legal battle isn’t entirely clear, experts say.

Generative AI art programs released by Stability AI Inc., Midjourney Inc., and DeviantArt Inc. were hit with separate lawsuits this year from a group of artists and the photo database company Getty Images Inc., ...