Copyright Lawsuit Threats Mount as Artists Protest Generative AI's Unauthorized Use of Their Work

Generative AIs like Midjourney create art by scraping copyrighted images without permission, raising legal issues.

Artists are starting to sue AI companies for copyright infringement over unauthorized use of their work.

Damages could be $150k per instance of infringement, concerning for AI companies.

Researchers created Nightshade tool to let artists add invisible tweaks to images to sabotage AIs trained on them.

Legal action may be needed to address intellectual property theft underlying generative AI systems.