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Getty Images accuses Stability AI of IP right violations as UK trial opens

By Inbar Preiss ( June 9, 2025, 19:11 GMT | Insight) -- During the first day of a widely watched trial, Getty Images accused Stability AI of violating copyright and trademark laws through the training and output of its image-generating model, Stable Diffusion. The trial will test whether UK law can treat digital AI models and synthetic images as infringing copies, with implications for how content used in AI training is regulated. At least one theory of liability advanced by Getty will stay off limits, for now, but a fast-tracked appeal is possible.Getty Images' copyrighted works and trademarks have been violated by the “very dubious ethics” of artificial intelligence developer Stability AI in content produced by its generative AI model, the leading stock photography licensor pleaded to the UK High Court today....

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