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Getty Images v Stability AI: Key takeaways for AI tech companies

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There are still open questions on issues such as what guardrails (if any) an AI provider must put in place to avoid providing infringing AI-generated outputs to users.

The UK’s High Court has released its much-anticipated judgment in Getty Images v Stability AI. The case centered on Stable Diffusion, the diffusion-based image generation model owned and provided by Stability AI.

Key commercial takeaways for tech companies

Many legal issues relating to AI training, developments, and outputs remain