US judge deals blow to artists in copyright suit over AI-generated art

Artists have been dealt a setback in their copyright battle against generative artificial intelligence (AI) companies after a class-action lawsuit against several of the firms was dismissed by a United States judge, pointing out a lack of evidence.In an Oct. 30 order, California District Court Judge William Orrick said the copyright infringement match against generative AI image service Midjourney, art platform DeviantArt and AI firm Stability AI was “faulty in numerous aspects,” approving earlier dismissal quotes from the firms.Judge Orrick, however, allowed a copyright violation claim from one class action member versus Stability to go ahead and permitted the class 30 days to attempt to submit an amended fit with more proof. Source: CourtListener The suit was very first filed in mid-January and claimed Stabilitys AI model, Stable Diffusion, scraped billions of copyrighted images without permission– consisting of those of the artists– to train the software.DeviantArt also integrated Stable Diffusion on its website, potentially copying millions of images from there without a license and breaking its own terms of service, the fit alleged.Related: Biden administration concerns executive order for new AI safety standardsOrrick stated the AI-generated images likely dont infringe the artists copyright, as its “not plausible” theyre obtained from copyrighted images.