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Stability AI calls Getty copyright claim 'absurd' as judge warns of UK trial risks

By Frank Hersey ( June 10, 2025, 17:09 GMT | Insight) -- Stability AI today sought to knock down Getty Images’ case on day two of a UK copyright trial, depicting it as based on extensive and largely unsuccessful efforts to prompt its generative AI model to reproduce copyrighted images and output that incorporates Getty’s image library watermarks. The case could redefine how content is used in AI training in the UK, but procedural issues on confidentiality and Getty Images’ intention to appeal an aspect of its case on child sexual abuse materials could impede or even derail the entire trial, the judge warned.Stability AI today sought to present what it sees as the “absurdity” of Getty Images’ case in a UK copyright trial, depicting it as based on extensive and largely unsuccessful efforts to prompt its generative AI model to reproduce copyrighted images and output that incorporates Getty’s image library watermarks....

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