AI Firms Face Wave of Copyright Lawsuits Over Use of Protected Material in Model Training
• Technology giants like OpenAI, Meta, and Alphabet face copyright lawsuits in 2024 for using protected material to train AI • Getty Images filed a copyright suit against Stability AI in the US and UK over AI image generation • Lawsuits question if cutting-edge AI developments rely on mass copyright infringement • There are 9 separate class-action lawsuits against AI firms in the US • Cases center on whether firms had the right to use copyrighted content in AI training data