Is there a way to pay content creators whose work is used to train AI? Yes, but it's not foolproof

Is imitation the sincerest form of flattery, or theft? Perhaps it comes down to the imitator. Text-to-image artificial intelligence systems such as DALL-E 2, Midjourney and Stable Diffusion are trained on huge amounts of image data from the web. As a result, they often generate outputs that resemble real artists' work and style. It's safe to say artists aren't impressed. To further complicate things, although intellectual property law guards against the misappropriation of individual works of art, this doesn't extend to emulating a person's style.