2023Getty Images Sues Stability AI in US District Court

Getty files another suit against Stability AI in a US distri...
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⚖️ Getty Images Sues Stability AI in US District Court

Getty files another suit against Stability AI in a US district court in Delaware on February 6, 2023. In the suit, Getty again alleges copyright infringement for the use of its images in the training of Stable Diffusion, and further argues that the model infringes Getty's Trademark by generating images with Getty's Watermark.
Getty Images Sues Stability AI in US District Court (2023)
Getty ImagesStability AICopyright infringementTrademarkLegal challengesAI art
United StatesUnited States

🎨 Artists File Copyright Infringement Lawsuit Against AI Image Generators

On January 16, 2023, three artists, Sarah Andersen, Kelly McKernan, and Karla Ortiz, file a class-action Copyright infringement lawsuit against Stability AI, Midjourney, and DeviantArt, claiming that these companies have infringed the rights of millions of artists by training AI tools on five billion images scraped from the web without the consent of the original artists.
Artists File Copyright Infringement Lawsuit Against AI Image Generators (2023)
Copyright infringementStability AIMidjourneyDeviantArtAI artGenerative AILegal challenges
United StatesUnited States

🖼️ Getty Images Sues Stability AI in London

On January 17, 2023, Stability AI is sued in London by Getty Images for using its images in their training data without purchasing a license.
Getty Images Sues Stability AI in London (2023)
Getty ImagesStability AICopyright infringementLegal challengesImage licensingAI art
United KingdomUnited Kingdom

🎤 Sarah Silverman Files Copyright Lawsuit Against Meta and OpenAI

On July 9, 2023, Sarah Silverman files a class action lawsuit against Meta and OpenAI for copyright infringement for training their large language models on millions of authors' copyrighted works without permission.
Sarah Silverman Files Copyright Lawsuit Against Meta and OpenAI (2023)
Copyright infringementSarah SilvermanMetaOpenAILarge language modelsLegal challenges
United StatesUnited States

🎬 OpenAI Announces Sora Text-to-Video Model

Also, on February 15, 2024, OpenAI publicly announces Sora, a text-to-video model for generating videos up to a minute long.
OpenAI Announces Sora Text-to-Video Model (2024)
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🖼️ StabilityAI Announces Stable Diffusion 3

On 22 February, StabilityAI announces Stable Diffusion 3, using a similar architecture to Sora.
StabilityAI Announces Stable Diffusion 3 (2024)
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