There's a kaleidoscope of copyright cases aimed at setting boundaries on what AI companies can and can't do with human-produced creative work. Like with other decisions, a recent ruling in Getty's AI copyright case could impact what AI tools are allowed to serve up to their users.

In a London-based case brought against Stability AI by Getty Images, Justice Joanna Smith ruled on Tuesday that the AI company, which makes the popular Stable Diffusion image models, did not violate copyright law in training those models. Smith said that Stability AI did not infringe upon Getty's image copyright protections because it doesn't "store or reproduce any Copyright Works and nor has it ever done so."

As with many AI lawsuits, the UK court decision was narrow and nuanced rather than sweeping. Smit

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