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

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

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