Apple in Talks to License Billions of Photobucket Images to Train AI Models
• Apple seeking deal with Photobucket to license 13B photos/videos to train AI models
• Pursuing "ethically sourced" and legally clear data after earlier web scraping practices
• Deal with Shutterstock for millions of images followed ChatGPT debut
• Believed to be preparing AI features to showcase at June's WWDC event
• Photobucket library offers vast visual data to train AI to generate content from text