Getty is also still pursuing a claim of “secondary infringement” of copyright, saying that even if Stability’s AI training happened outside the U.K., offering the Stable Diffusion service to British users amounted to importing unlawful copies of its images into the country.

Getty Images has failed to set a precedent on AI training and copyright in its case against Stability AI in the UK.

La empresa de inteligencia artificial Stability AI prevaleció en gran medida contra Getty Images el martes en una batalla legal sobre propiedad intelectual en un tribunal británico.

So while it’s not a free-for-all, as such, the legalities of generative AI use are still pretty loose, which means that most applications, aside from direct misrepresentations of known characters/people/entities, are likely fine in a legal sense.

A much-awaited High Court judgment on the controversial issue of the use of intellectual property for training artificial intelligence systems has been described as a 'damp squib' by specialist solicitors.

Roles that are seen as pathways for young workers in white-collar jobs are in “substantial” decline, the Stanford report warned.

Perplexity’s agreement with Getty appears to legitimize some of the startup’s previous use of Getty’s stock photos. Perplexity came under fire last year for a series of plagiarism accusations from several news organizations.