Artist sues AI generators for allegedly using work to train image bots: 'industrial-level identity theft'

AI image generators Midjourney and Stable Diffusion trained their models with the works of countless artists without their permission or compensation, artist says. AI-generated images that mimic an artist's style is a form of identity theft and compete with the very creatives whose work was used to train the models, a fine artist suing two artificial intelligence firms told Fox News. AI platforms like Midjourney and Stable Diffusion use text and images from across the internet and other sources to train their machines to create images for their consumers. "Somebody is able to mimic my work because a company let them," Ortiz told Fox News. "It feels like some sort of industrial-level identity theft."