Lucid2754Jan 8, 2024
Chuck Taggart, Private Eye
Via an artist friend: “Big expose on all of the copyrighted material Midjourney has trained on, and how commonly it outputs copyrighted content. I would strongly discourage any professional use of Generative AI products.” https://spectrum.ieee.org/midjourney-copyright
Generative AI Has a Visual Plagiarism Problem

Experiments with Midjourney and DALL-E 3 show a copyright minefield

IEEE Spectrum
Jan 8, 2024 at 1:06amWeb
Show threadDrew PickardJan 8, 2024
@SazeracLA @glennf
just . . . . . wow
I mean, I assumed as much but . . . wow
Show threadbrandonJan 8, 2024
@SazeracLA This is really good. Midjourney banned them three times once they realized what they were investigating. Also seems damning that they discovered evidence a senior software engineer at Midjourney was involved in a conversation about evading copyright law by laundering data. #AI #MidjourneyAI
Show threadPixelPerfectEngineJan 8, 2024
@SazeracLA Due to the nature of generative AI, I'm thinking on extending the Code of Conduct of my projects to extend to problems created by AI, including toxic behavior showcased by enthusiasts of such technologies, that often celebrate any job loss created by it.
Show threadChuck Taggart, Private EyeJan 9, 2024
@PixelPerfectEngine I've got a couple of toxic replies along those lines in this very thread.
Show threadCurtAdamsJan 8, 2024
@SazeracLA This is a very compelling article which demonstrates how profoundly problematic it is to have AI trained on unlicensed content.