The Getty lawsuit against Stability AI is proceeding to trial in the UK
December 4 2023
A UK court has allowed Getty Images’ lawsuit against Stability AI, the creators of Stable Diffusion, to proceed to trial, supporting the claim that Getty’s copyrighted images may have been used to train the AI model without permission. The Business and Property Courts ruled despite Stability AI’s argument that the case was irrelevant to UK jurisdiction, as the AI’s development and training involved no UK-based individuals and utilized US cloud services. Justice Joanna Smith highlighted potential inaccuracy or incompleteness in Stability AI’s evidence, referencing CEO Emad Mostaque’s statements about facilitating UK residency for Russian and Ukrainian developers. The Verge is seeking comment from Stability AI, which also faces a similar lawsuit in the US.
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What does it mean?
- Getty Images: A global digital media company specializing in the creation, distribution, and licensing of photos, videos, and music.
- Stability AI: A company involved in developing artificial intelligence applications, known specifically for creating the AI model called Stable Diffusion.
- Stable Diffusion: An artificial intelligence model developed by Stability AI that can generate high-resolution images and art based on textual descriptions.
- AI model: An algorithm or a software construct that allows computers to perform tasks that usually require human intelligence, such as understanding natural language or recognizing objects in images.
- Business and Property Courts: A subdivision of the UK High Court that handles complex business, financial, and property-related legal cases.
- UK jurisdiction: The legal authority of UK courts and laws over people, companies, and cases that occur within the United Kingdom.
- Cloud services: Information technology services that are hosted on remote servers accessed via the internet, providing scalable resources such as data storage, processing power, and software applications.