Posted 1/5/2024, 3:00:00 PM
Midjourney AI Art Generator Accused of Training on Magic Cards Without Permission, Part of Wider Lawsuit Over AI Scraping Artist Content
- AI art generator Midjourney allegedly trained on Magic The Gathering card art without artist permission
- Midjourney CEO David Holz said he had the program create "huge swaths of MTG cards" in early test sequences
- New evidence shows Midjourney, DeviantArt, and Stability AI named in lawsuit for allegedly scraping over 4,700 artists' work
- Holz doesn't want Midjourney involved in plagiarism debate, but too late
- Corporations using AI art instead of hiring human artists; has invaded video game industry (Xbox, Assassin's Creed, Fallout, Pokemon Go)