Getty Images suffers partial defeat in UK lawsuit against Stability AI
Stability AI, the creator of image generation tool Stable Diffusion, largely defended itself from a copyright violation lawsuit filed by Getty Images, which alleged the company illegally trained its AI models on Getty’s image library.
Lacking strong enough evidence, Getty dropped the part of the case alleging illegal training mid-trial, according to Reuters reporting.
Responding to the decision, Getty said in a press release:
“Today’s ruling confirms that Stable Diffusion’s inclusion of Getty Images’ trademarks in AI‑generated outputs infringed those trademarks. ... The ruling delivered another key finding; that, wherever the training and development did take place, Getty Images’ copyright‑protected works were used to train Stable Diffusion.”
Stability AI still faces a lawsuit from Getty in US courts, which remains ongoing.
A number of high-profile copyright cases are still working their way through the courts, as copyright holders seek to win strong protections for their works that were used to train AI models from a number of Big Tech companies.
Responding to the decision, Getty said in a press release:
“Today’s ruling confirms that Stable Diffusion’s inclusion of Getty Images’ trademarks in AI‑generated outputs infringed those trademarks. ... The ruling delivered another key finding; that, wherever the training and development did take place, Getty Images’ copyright‑protected works were used to train Stable Diffusion.”
Stability AI still faces a lawsuit from Getty in US courts, which remains ongoing.
A number of high-profile copyright cases are still working their way through the courts, as copyright holders seek to win strong protections for their works that were used to train AI models from a number of Big Tech companies.
