Keywords: AI-Generated Images, Artificial Intelligence, Data Privacy, Data Usage, Getty Images, Training Data
Author: James Vincent
Publisher: The Verge
Publication Year: 2022
Summary: The following article discusses how Getty Images has banned artificial intelligence (AI)-generated images from its website, citing concerns over the legality of such images. The company is concerned that the training data used to generate images was scraped from copyrighted works. The article states that because the field of AI-image generation is so new and the laws surrounding data use and privacy are so vague, the company does not want to be involved in any of it. However, it is unclear if and how the company will be able to enforce the ban.