AI-Generated Images and Copyright Infringement

Getty Images claims that Stability AI, the creator of Stable Diffusion, used images obtained from Getty Images to train their algorithms without obtaining proper licensing. This definition applies to photographs, art, and images that the artists allege have been infringed. First, let's discuss how the above-mentioned artificial intelligence models work. In general, deep neural networks and machine learning models are trained in a method that has its similarities to humans learning. Programmers do not instruct the algorithm to specifically do what it does, or in this case, do not get the algorithms to copy specific elements from original pictures when constructing a new image.