Copyright Lawsuit Threats Mount as Artists Protest Generative AI's Unauthorized Use of Their Work
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Generative AIs like Midjourney create art by scraping copyrighted images without permission, raising legal issues.
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Artists are starting to sue AI companies for copyright infringement over unauthorized use of their work.
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Damages could be $150k per instance of infringement, concerning for AI companies.
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Researchers created Nightshade tool to let artists add invisible tweaks to images to sabotage AIs trained on them.
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Legal action may be needed to address intellectual property theft underlying generative AI systems.
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