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Did comments by former Stability AI CEO Emad Mostaque and Midjourney CEO David Holz come back to bite them in Sarah Andersen case?
Read more: Did comments by former Stability AI CEO Emad Mostaque and Midjourney CEO David Holz come back to bite them in Sarah Andersen case?In his order partly denying the motion to dismiss the copyright claims in Sarah Andersen v. Stability AI, Judge Orrick found it plausible that the alleged comments of former Stability AI CEO Emad Mostaque supported the plaintiffs’ theory that Stable Diffusion’s model stores “compressed copies” of the training images and the comments could even support…
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Judge Orrick denies in part motion to dismiss: Sarah Andersen copyright lawsuit survives on claim of copyright and Lanham Act
Read more: Judge Orrick denies in part motion to dismiss: Sarah Andersen copyright lawsuit survives on claim of copyright and Lanham ActIn Sarah Andersen v. Stability AI, Judge Orrick issued his order granting in part the defendants’ motion to dismiss the DMCA CMI claims, contract claims, and breach of implied covenant of good faith and fair dealing (against DeviantArt) with prejudice and unjust enrichment claim with leave to amend, but denying the motion on the key…
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Apple reportedly strikes deal with OpenAI
Read more: Apple reportedly strikes deal with OpenAIApple is late to the AI party. But it will soon make major AI-related announcements at its WWDC conference on June 10-14. One of the key components is expected to be the inclusion of OpenAI’s AI in some aspect of the iPhone. The negotiations have been widely reported, and, now, according to The Information, a…
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Elon Musk in talks with Midjourney: Is partnership imminent? More AI-generated images expected on X
Read more: Elon Musk in talks with Midjourney: Is partnership imminent? More AI-generated images expected on XFascinating news: Elon Musk said he’s in talks with Midjourney, the AI text-to-image generator. In a Space on X, Musk said: “We are in some interesting discussions with Midjourney and something may come of that, but either way, one way or another, we will enable AI art generation on the X platform.” Very interesting development.
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New York Times article finds more “memorized” AI works by Midjourney, ChatGPT, Bing
Read more: New York Times article finds more “memorized” AI works by Midjourney, ChatGPT, BingIn yet another stunning article, this one titled “We Asked AI to Create the Joker. It Generated a Copyrighted Image,” the New York Times provided more examples of “memorized” visual works, which resulted from prompts, including some nonspecific ones, on Midjourney (5 examples), ChatGPT (2 examples), and Microsoft Bing (2 examples). The AI generated works…
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Artist Sarah Anderson files first amended complaint in copyright suit v. AI cos.
Read more: Artist Sarah Anderson files first amended complaint in copyright suit v. AI cos.Judge Orrick dismissed a number of the claims in Sarah Anderson’s proposed class action suit against Stability AI and other AI companies on Oct. 30, 2024. In sum, Judge Orrick ruled: This week, Anderson filed her First Amended Complaint to address the court’s reasons for dismissal, such as the need to identify specific works allegedly…
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Judge Orrick rejects “21st century collage tool” theory of Sarah Anderson’s lawsuit v. AI text to image generators
Read more: Judge Orrick rejects “21st century collage tool” theory of Sarah Anderson’s lawsuit v. AI text to image generatorsJudge Orrick’s order dismissing, with leave to the defendants to amend their complaint, rejected the theory of the plaintiffs Sarah Anderson et al. that all of DeviantArt’s Output Images are infringing derivative works because DeviantArt’s AI program was allegedly trained on copyrighted images. Sarah Anderson’s theory of collage tool: “The resulting image is necessarily a…
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Artist Sarah Anderson faces setback in lawsuit v. Stability AI, Midjourney, DeviantArt. Judge Orrick inclined to dismiss most of claims, but allow amended complaint
Read more: Artist Sarah Anderson faces setback in lawsuit v. Stability AI, Midjourney, DeviantArt. Judge Orrick inclined to dismiss most of claims, but allow amended complaintBig news yesterday in the artist Sara Anderson’s proposed class action against Stability AI, Midjourney, and DeviantArt. At the hearing for defendants’ motion to dismiss some of the claims brought by Anderson, Judge Orrick indicated that he agrees with the defendants’ motion and is inclined to dismiss most of the claims without prejudice, meaning the…