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Washington Post
a day ago
- Business
- Washington Post
Getty Images and Stability AI face off in British copyright trial that will test AI industry
LONDON — Getty Images is facing off against artificial intelligence company Stability AI in a London courtroom for the first major copyright trial of the generative AI industry. Opening arguments before a judge at the British High Court are scheduled for Monday. The trial could last for three weeks. Stability, based in London, owns a widely used AI image-making tool that sparked enthusiasm for the instant creation of AI artwork and photorealistic images upon its release in August 2022. OpenAI introduced its surprise hit chatbot ChatGPT three months later. Seattle-based Getty has argued that the development of the AI image maker, called Stable Diffusion, involved 'brazen infringement' of Getty's photography collection 'on a staggering scale.' Tech companies have long argued that 'fair use' or 'fair dealing' legal doctrines in the United States and United Kingdom allow them to train their AI systems on large troves of writings or images. Getty was among the first to challenge those practices when it filed copyright infringement lawsuits in the United States and the United Kingdom in early 2023. 'What Stability did was inappropriate,' Getty CEO Craig Peters told The Associated Press in 2023. He said creators of intellectual property should be asked for permission before their works are fed into AI systems rather than having to participate in an 'opt-out regime.' Stability has argued that the case doesn't belong in the United Kingdom because the training of the AI model technically happened elsewhere, on computers run by U.S. tech giant Amazon. Similar cases in the U.S. have not yet gone to trial. Stable Diffusion's roots trace to Germany, where computer scientists at Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich worked with the New York-based tech company Runway to develop the original algorithms. The university researchers credited Stability AI for providing the servers that trained the models, which require large amounts of computing power.
The Independent
a day ago
- Business
- The Independent
Getty Images and Stability AI face off in British copyright trial that will test AI industry
Getty Images is facing off against artificial intelligence company Stability AI in a London courtroom for the first major copyright trial of the generative AI industry. Opening arguments before a judge at the British High Court are scheduled for Monday. The trial could last for three weeks. Stability, based in London, owns a widely used AI image-making tool that sparked enthusiasm for the instant creation of AI artwork and photorealistic images upon its release in August 2022. OpenAI introduced its surprise hit chatbot ChatGPT three months later. Seattle-based Getty has argued that the development of the AI image maker, called Stable Diffusion, involved 'brazen infringement' of Getty's photography collection 'on a staggering scale." Tech companies have long argued that 'fair use' or 'fair dealing' legal doctrines in the United States and United Kingdom allow them to train their AI systems on large troves of writings or images. Getty was among the first to challenge those practices when it filed copyright infringement lawsuits in the United States and the United Kingdom in early 2023. 'What Stability did was inappropriate,' Getty CEO Craig Peters told The Associated Press in 2023. He said creators of intellectual property should be asked for permission before their works are fed into AI systems rather than having to participate in an 'opt-out regime." Stability has argued that the case doesn't belong in the United Kingdom because the training of the AI model technically happened elsewhere, on computers run by U.S. tech giant Amazon. Similar cases in the U.S. have not yet gone to trial. Stable Diffusion's roots trace to Germany, where computer scientists at Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich worked with the New York-based tech company Runway to develop the original algorithms. The university researchers credited Stability AI for providing the servers that trained the models, which require large amounts of computing power.
Associated Press
a day ago
- Business
- Associated Press
Getty Images and Stability AI face off in British copyright trial that will test AI industry
LONDON (AP) — Getty Images is facing off against artificial intelligence company Stability AI in a London courtroom for the first major copyright trial of the generative AI industry. Opening arguments before a judge at the British High Court are scheduled for Monday. The trial could last for three weeks. Stability, based in London, owns a widely used AI image-making tool that sparked enthusiasm for the instant creation of AI artwork and photorealistic images upon its release in August 2022. OpenAI introduced its surprise hit chatbot ChatGPT three months later. Seattle-based Getty has argued that the development of the AI image maker, called Stable Diffusion, involved 'brazen infringement' of Getty's photography collection 'on a staggering scale.' Tech companies have long argued that 'fair use' or 'fair dealing' legal doctrines in the United States and United Kingdom allow them to train their AI systems on large troves of writings or images. Getty was among the first to challenge those practices when it filed copyright infringement lawsuits in the United States and the United Kingdom in early 2023. 'What Stability did was inappropriate,' Getty CEO Craig Peters told The Associated Press in 2023. He said creators of intellectual property should be asked for permission before their works are fed into AI systems rather than having to participate in an 'opt-out regime.' Stability has argued that the case doesn't belong in the United Kingdom because the training of the AI model technically happened elsewhere, on computers run by U.S. tech giant Amazon. Similar cases in the U.S. have not yet gone to trial. Stable Diffusion's roots trace to Germany, where computer scientists at Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich worked with the New York-based tech company Runway to develop the original algorithms. The university researchers credited Stability AI for providing the servers that trained the models, which require large amounts of computing power.
Extra.ie
5 days ago
- Business
- Extra.ie
Terry Wogan's widow's fortune five times bigger than his own
Terry Wogan's widow, Helen, has left a massive fortune, almost five times more than her husband passed on. The Dubliner, a former top model, died last year aged 88, and the amount of money she bequeathed to her sons and daughter has now been revealed. Terry Wogan and Wife, Helen. Pic: Karwai Tang/WireImage Documents signed off by the British High Court last week show that she left £4,948,334 (€5.8 million), but this amount was reduced by £31,000 (€36,800) after costs and fees. She left tax-free gifts to two of her children: Alan, who was named as an executor of the estate, and Katherine. The remainder of the money and her possessions were divided among all three living children, including her son, Mark. Terry Wogan and Wife, Helen. Pic: Ferdaus Shamim/WireImage) A £100,000 (€118,000) trust was also established for her grandchildren, to be made available when they reach 25 years old. She had signed her will in February 2023, seven years after her husband died at the age of 77. Terry, thought to be worth £ 20 million at the height of his fame, passed on £ 1 million (€ 1.18 million). The radio star and Helen, née Joyce, married in the Our Lady of Refuge church in Rathmines in April 1965. After her death, her son Mark paid tribute to a 'beautiful' mother and grandmother.
Irish Examiner
27-05-2025
- Politics
- Irish Examiner
Tommy Robinson released from prison after sentence reduced
Political activist Tommy Robinson has been released from prison after serving a jail term for the civil offence of contempt of court. The 42-year-old, whose real name is Stephen Yaxley-Lennon, left HMP Woodhill on Tuesday after his 18-month sentence was reduced by four months at the British High Court last week. He was filmed speaking on his X social media channel for around 20 minutes with longer hair and a bushy beard, and wearing a rosary around his neck. Robinson said he will organise a free speech festival in London for supporters later in the year. Robinson was filmed with longer hair and a bushy beard on his release from prison (@TRobinsonNewEra/X/PA) The activist was jailed in October after admitting multiple breaches of an injunction made in 2021, which barred him from repeating false allegations against a Syrian refugee who successfully sued him for libel. He is currently facing two further, separate court cases, and is due to appear at Westminster Magistrates' Court on June 5, accused of harassing two journalists. Robinson was charged with two counts of harassment causing fear of violence between August 5 and ,7 2024. He is also facing a separate trial in October next year over an accusation that he failed to provide the PIN for his mobile phone when stopped by Kent Police in Folkestone in July 2024.
