Artists launch copyright lawsuit against AI art generators Stable Diffusion and Midjourney

In addition to concerns about AI-generated content taking human jobs, it seems there are also questions regarding the material these tools are trained on. AI-powered content-generating tools have seen their popularity explode in recent months, but it hasn't stopped the controversy that surrounds them. That's been especially true of systems that create art. The problem was highlighted last September when the Colorado State Fair's contest for emerging digital artists was by Jason M. Allen, who created his entry using Midjourney. Midjourney and Stable Diffusion are trained on billions of images.