Incident 451: Stable Diffusion's Training Data Contained Copyrighted Images

Description: Stability AI reportedly scraped copyrighted images by Getty Images to be used as training data for Stable Diffusion model.

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Alleged: Stability AI , Runway , LAION , EleutherAI and CompVis LMU developed an AI system deployed by Stability AI, which harmed Getty Images and Getty Images contributors.

Incident Stats

Incident ID
451
Report Count
5
Incident Date
2022-10-16
Editors
Khoa Lam
Stable Diffusion litigation
stablediffusionlitigation.com · 2023

Hello. This is Matthew Butterick. I’m a writer, designer, programmer, and lawyer. In November 2022, I teamed up with the amazingly excellent class-action litigators Joseph Saveri, Cadio Zirpoli, and Travis Manfredi at the Joseph Saveri Law …

Getty Images is suing the creators of AI art tool Stable Diffusion for scraping its content
theverge.com · 2023

Getty Images is suing Stability AI, creators of popular AI art tool Stable Diffusion, over alleged copyright violation.

In a press statement shared with The Verge, the stock photo company said it believes that Stability AI “unlawfully copie…

Lawsuits accuse AI content creators of misusing copyrighted work
reuters.com · 2023

(Reuters) - A group of visual artists has sued artificial intelligence companies Stability AI Ltd, Midjourney Inc, and DeviantArt Inc for copyright infringement, adding to a fast-emerging line of intellectual property disputes over AI-gener…

Getty Images Statement
newsroom.gettyimages.com · 2023

This week Getty Images commenced legal proceedings in the High Court of Justice in London against Stability AI claiming Stability AI infringed intellectual property rights including copyright in content owned or represented by Getty Images.…

AI-art lawsuits could set copyright precedents for titans like Microsoft and Stability AI
snacks.robinhood.com · 2023

The AI suits are coming… Generative AI has blown up in the past year, with tools like ChatGPT and Stable Diffusion garnering mainstream headlines. Image generators including OpenAI’s DALL-E and Stability AI’s Stable Diffusion “create” image…

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