C. L. PolkJan 15, 2023

Hey did an AI steal your art

Did an AI steal your buddy's art

Saddle up, first class-action suit i've seen

https://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/class-action-filed-against-stability-ai-midjourney-and-deviantart-for-dmca-violations-right-of-publicity-violations-unlawful-competition-breach-of-tos-301721869.html

Class Action Filed Against Stability AI, Midjourney, and DeviantArt for DMCA Violations, Right of Publicity Violations, Unlawful Competition, Breach of TOS

/PRNewswire/ -- Stability AI Ltd.; Stability AI, Inc.; Midjourney Inc.; and DeviantArt, Inc. have created products that infringe the rights of artists and...

Show threadElio CampitelliJan 16, 2023
@clpolk Non consensual use of images for training is skeevy and needs to be addressed (although it legally it seemed to fall into Fair Use). But this particular lawsuit is nonsense. These models do not store the images and don't do collages. That's just factually wrong and easy to refute.
Show threadC. L. Polk
@eliocamp well it sucks that this lawsuit sucks. grrr.
Jan 16, 2023 at 7:32pmWeb