Getty Images Bans AI-Generated Content Over Fears of Legal Challenges

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.