A series of copyright lawsuits are advancing against prominent AI companies, with U.S. District Judge William H. Orrick indicating a likely approval for the claims to proceed. The companies involved include Stability AI, Midjourney, Runway, and DeviantArt, which are accused of misusing visual artists' work to train their AI-based image generation systems. The initial lawsuits were filed by illustrators Sarah Andersen and Karla Ortiz. Other AI companies such as OpenAI and Anthropic are also facing similar lawsuits from different plaintiffs including the Authors Guild, Getty Images, and Concord Music.
A US judge said he was inclined to green light a copyright lawsuit against Stability AI, Midjourney and others accused of misusing artists' work to train AI. Illustrators Sarah Andersen and Karla Ortiz initially sued the companies last January https://t.co/gI5dX61UOp https://t.co/IUq8y118SA
🇺🇸 COPYRIGHT LAWSUIT ADVANCES AGAINST AI COMPANIES A California federal judge has signaled a green light for a copyright lawsuit involving Stability AI, Midjourney, DeviantArt, and Runway AI, accused by visual artists of misusing their work to train AI image generators. U.S.… https://t.co/Lqyze9xQT4
Stability AI, Midjourney should face artists' copyright case, judge says https://t.co/iT1LQx5os0 https://t.co/cQrKep0xMy