AI image generators are trained on millions — even billions — of photos. It is safe to assume the vast majority of these photos are copyrighted and used without permission. And while there are billions of photographs, only a handful can be labeled as iconic. With that in mind, PetaPixel wanted to find out how … Read more
Tim Flach’s photo of a snow leopard, left, and the AI version he recreated, right, by inputting his own name into Midjourney. A photographer whose name was found on a list of artists whose style the AI image generator Midjourney wanted to emulate tells PetaPixel that “creatives must be remunerated.” Tim Flach, known for his … Read more
The best-known dataset for training AI image generators, LAION-5B, has removed its service after a Stanford study found thousands of child sex abuse images in its library. The disturbing revelations are a result of a study by the Stanford Internet Observatory which found more than 3,200 images of suspected child sex abuse. LAION is an … Read more