Artists sue Stability AI, Midjourney and DeviantArt

A class action lawsuit is filed in the US against Midjourney and Stability AI as well as the art platform DeviantArt. US artists Sarah Andersen, Kelly McKernan, and Karla Ortiz file a class action lawsuit in California against Stability AI (Stable Diffusion) and Midjourney. The artists are seeking damages and an injunction to prevent future harm. Art platform DeviantArt is also accused of providing thousands or even millions of images from the LAION dataset for Stable Diffusion's training. Instead of siding with the artists, DeviantArt put DreamUp online, an AI art app based on Stable Diffusion, according to the plaintiffs.