Getty sues Stable Diffusion, and the future of AI art could be at stake

In essence, Getty is claiming that Stability AI is benefiting from training its model on images published by Getty to the internet, without compensation. Getty images are published to the internet with a visible watermark; licensed images have the watermark removed. Getty said that Stability AI did not seek a license to use Getty's images. "We think similarly these generative models need to address the intellectual property rights of others, that's the crux of it," Craig Peters, the chief executive of Getty Images, told The Verge. "And we're taking this action to get clarity."