Visual media company Getty Images (USA) on January 17 warned that it was preparing to sue a technology company for illegally copying millions of its photos for use as an art tool. artificial intelligence (AI).
Getty Imagesalso known as an online photo repository, accuses technology company Stability AI use the image of the company and its partners to make a profit.
Stability AI operates a tool called “Stable Diffusion” that allows users to create composite images from a number of text words, but often using materials sourced from the internet without permission.
Currently, the copyright issue related to these products is still controversial, with creators and artists claiming that the above tools have infringed their intellectual property, but AI companies argue that they are infringing. strictly follow the provisions of “equal use.”
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Tools like Stable Diffusion and Dall-E 2 became ubiquitous in 2022, quickly becoming a global trend with celebrity-inspired images flooding media platforms. social media.
However, this also attracts the attention of artists, photographers and other creatives and lawyers. Stability AI is also facing a class action lawsuit in the US, which kicked off last week, in which three artists accuse the company of copyright infringement.
Meanwhile, Getty Images has also started legal proceedings in a London court (UK). In a new announcement, Getty Images states that Stability AI has illegally copied and processed millions of its copyrighted images.
Getty Images said it had licensed a number of companies to exploit its image inventory to “train” AI tools, but had never received any request from the side. Stability AI.
A spokesman for Stability AI confirmed that the company is taking the matter seriously and is still waiting for official documents to make appropriate comment on the above information.
Le Anh (VNA/Vietnam+)
