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Incident 421: Stable Diffusion Allegedly Used Artists' Works without Permission for AI Training

Description: Text-to-image model Stable Diffusion was reportedly using artists' original works without permission for its AI training.

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Alleged: Stability AI , Lensa AI , Runway , LAION , EleutherAI and CompVis LMU developed an AI system deployed by Stability AI , Lensa AI , Midjourney and DeviantArt, which harmed digital artists , artists publishing on social media and artists.

Incident Stats

Incident ID
421
Report Count
12
Incident Date
2022-11-20
Editors
Khoa Lam
Applied Taxonomies
MIT

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Machine-Classified
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Risk Subdomain

A further 23 subdomains create an accessible and understandable classification of hazards and harms associated with AI
 

6.3. Economic and cultural devaluation of human effort

Risk Domain

The Domain Taxonomy of AI Risks classifies risks into seven AI risk domains: (1) Discrimination & toxicity, (2) Privacy & security, (3) Misinformation, (4) Malicious actors & misuse, (5) Human-computer interaction, (6) Socioeconomic & environmental harms, and (7) AI system safety, failures & limitations.
 
  1. Socioeconomic & Environmental Harms

Entity

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AI

Timing

The stage in the AI lifecycle at which the risk is presented as occurring
 

Post-deployment

Intent

Whether the risk is presented as occurring as an expected or unexpected outcome from pursuing a goal
 

Intentional

Incident Reports

Reports Timeline

Incident Occurrence+2
Lensa AI, the app making 'magic avatars,' raises red flags for artists
Artists can now opt out of the next version of Stable DiffusionThe Alt-Right Manipulated My Comic. Then A.I. Claimed It.+2
Stable Diffusion litigation
+1
AI tools can create new images, but who is the real artist?
This Tool Could Protect Artists From A.I.-Generated Art That Steals Their StyleAI companies ask U.S. court to dismiss artists' copyright lawsuit
Lensa AI, the app making 'magic avatars,' raises red flags for artists

Lensa AI, the app making 'magic avatars,' raises red flags for artists

techcrunch.com

Lensa, the AI portrait app, has soared in popularity. But many artists question the ethics of AI art.

Lensa, the AI portrait app, has soared in popularity. But many artists question the ethics of AI art.

nbcnews.com

How Is Everyone Making Those A.I. Selfies?

How Is Everyone Making Those A.I. Selfies?

nytimes.com

Artists can now opt out of the next version of Stable Diffusion

Artists can now opt out of the next version of Stable Diffusion

technologyreview.com

The Alt-Right Manipulated My Comic. Then A.I. Claimed It.

The Alt-Right Manipulated My Comic. Then A.I. Claimed It.

nytimes.com

Stable Diffusion litigation

Stable Diffusion litigation

stablediffusionlitigation.com

Artists sue AI art generators over copyright infringement

Artists sue AI art generators over copyright infringement

polygon.com

Lawsuits accuse AI content creators of misusing copyrighted work

Lawsuits accuse AI content creators of misusing copyrighted work

reuters.com

AI tools can create new images, but who is the real artist?

AI tools can create new images, but who is the real artist?

apnews.com

Artists Attack AI: Why The New Lawsuit Goes Too Far

Artists Attack AI: Why The New Lawsuit Goes Too Far

copyrightlately.com

This Tool Could Protect Artists From A.I.-Generated Art That Steals Their Style

This Tool Could Protect Artists From A.I.-Generated Art That Steals Their Style

nytimes.com

AI companies ask U.S. court to dismiss artists' copyright lawsuit

AI companies ask U.S. court to dismiss artists' copyright lawsuit

reuters.com

Lensa AI, the app making 'magic avatars,' raises red flags for artists
techcrunch.com · 2022

If your Instagram is awash in algorithmically generated portraits of your friends, you aren’t alone. After adding a new avatar generation tool based on Stable Diffusion, the photo editing app Lensa AI went viral over the last few days, with…

Lensa, the AI portrait app, has soared in popularity. But many artists question the ethics of AI art.
nbcnews.com · 2022

For many online, Lensa AI is a cheap, accessible profile picture generator. But in digital art circles, the popularity of artificial intelligence-generated art has raised major privacy and ethics concerns.

Lensa, which launched as a photo …

How Is Everyone Making Those A.I. Selfies?
nytimes.com · 2022

Have you noticed that many of your friends are suddenly fairy princesses or space travelers? Is your Instagram feed overrun with Renaissance-style paintings of people who were definitely born in the ’90s? If so, you are entitled to an expla…

Artists can now opt out of the next version of Stable Diffusion
technologyreview.com · 2022

Artists will have the chance to opt out of the next version of one of the world’s most popular text-to-image AI generators, Stable Diffusion, the company behind it has announced.

Stability.AI will work with Spawning, an organization founded…

The Alt-Right Manipulated My Comic. Then A.I. Claimed It.
nytimes.com · 2022

At 19, when I began drafting my webcomic, I had just been flung into adulthood. I felt a little awkward, a little displaced. The glittering veneer of social media, which back then was mostly Facebook, told me that everyone around me had the…

Stable Diffusion litigation
stablediffusionlitigation.com · 2023

Hello. This is Matthew Butterick. I’m a writer, designer, programmer, and lawyer. In November 2022, I teamed up with the amazingly excellent class-action litigators Joseph Saveri, Cadio Zirpoli, and Travis Manfredi at the Joseph Saveri Law …

Artists sue AI art generators over copyright infringement
polygon.com · 2023

A group of artists — Sarah Andersen, Kelly McK­er­nan, and Karla Ortiz — have filed a class-action lawsuit against Midjourney and Stability AI, companies behind AI art tools Midjourney and Stable Diffusion, and DeviantArt, which recently la…

Lawsuits accuse AI content creators of misusing copyrighted work
reuters.com · 2023

(Reuters) - A group of visual artists has sued artificial intelligence companies Stability AI Ltd, Midjourney Inc, and DeviantArt Inc for copyright infringement, adding to a fast-emerging line of intellectual property disputes over AI-gener…

AI tools can create new images, but who is the real artist?
apnews.com · 2023

NEW YORK (AP) — Countless artists have taken inspiration from “The Starry Night” since Vincent Van Gogh painted the swirling scene in 1889.

Now artificial intelligence systems are doing the same, training themselves on a vast collection of …

Artists Attack AI: Why The New Lawsuit Goes Too Far
copyrightlately.com · 2023

A group of artists has filed a first-of-its-kind copyright infringement lawsuit against the developers of popular AI art tools, but did they paint themselves into a corner?

Depending upon who you ask, AI-generated art is either poised to th…

This Tool Could Protect Artists From A.I.-Generated Art That Steals Their Style
nytimes.com · 2023

Robots would come for humans’ jobs. That was guaranteed. The assumption generally was that they would take over manual labor, lifting heavy pallets in a warehouse and sorting recycling.

Now significant advances in generative artificial inte…

AI companies ask U.S. court to dismiss artists' copyright lawsuit
reuters.com · 2023

(Reuters) - Stability AI, Midjourney, and DeviantArt fired back Tuesday at a group of artists who accused them of committing mass copyright infringement by using the artists' work in generative AI systems.

The companies asked a San Francisc…

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