Version 5 of the Midjurney AI image generator has arrived with some new enhancements, including recreating intricate details and textures, such as realistic skin texture, facial features and lighting as well as sorting out the problems it had dealing with human hands. However, as in this image created by Nick St. Pierre and shared on […]
After revisiting the copyright of the graphic novel Zarya of the Dawn, the U.S. Copyright Office (USCO) has decided that AI-generated images are not protectable under current copyright law, as they “are not the product of human authorship”. The USCO has asserted that copyright protection was originally granted to the book’s author Kris Kashtanova in […]
Ethan Mollick, an Associate Professor at the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania, has provided the students in his Entrepreneurship & Innovation classes with this handy practical guide to getting the most out of the AI tools that are out there at the start of the year. Here’s a brief rundown – visit the […]
Getty Images has filed a legal case against Stability AI over alleged copyright violation. Stability AI has received a letter before action – a formal notification of impending litigation in the UK. The claim, outlined in a press statement is that Stability AI “unlawfully copied and processed (or “scraped”) millions of images protected by copyright” to train […]
California lawyer and production company owner Jake Watson clearly and concisely outlines the copyright problems surrounding the creation of new derivative – or are they transformative? – art works using generative adversarial networks, or GANs. He focuses on the recent legal case against StabilityAI, the owners of Stable Diffusion and Midjourney. Image source: Pixexid
A piece of art created by Midjourney has won first prize in the Colorado State Fair’s fine art competition. Théâtre D’opéra Spatial (Space Opera Theatre), in which three women in flowing red and white robes are seen in a large baroque hall, won in the digitally manipulated photography category. Edmond de Belamy, a blurry portrait […]