Getty Images is suing Stability AI for allegedly using millions of copyrighted images to train its AI image generator, Stable Diffusion.
Getty Images is suing Stability AI for up to $1.7 billion in damages, alleging that Stability AI may have used as many as 12 million of its copyrighted photos to train the AI image generator Stable Diffusion . Getty is seeking $150,000 per infringement, and 12 million photos equate to a total of $1.7 billion. Stability AI has previously reported that Getty was seeking damages for 7,300 images, so that number has increased.
But Stability AI says Getty hasn't given an exact number it wants for the lawsuit to be settled. Stability AI maintains that it doesn't believe the claims have merit and is contesting them. Both Getty Images and Stability AI declined to comment on the report. The Getty Images case is not the only suit that Stability AI faces; it is also being sued by a group of artists, including photographer Jingna Zhang, who also accuse the AI image generator of violating their rights. Both legal cases revolve around Stability’s use of the LAION dataset, an open-source archive of five billion images scraped from the open web and utilized by Stability AI to build its products. It’s also suspected that other AI companies have used LAION. Since generative AI is a new technology, there is no legal precedent on copyright and training data; these lawsuits will likely continue for years. Stability AI says in its accounts: “All of the above cases are currently at an early stage in proceedings. Based on the current status of the cases, the company’s management does not consider that there is any probable loss.
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