Getty Images Faces Off Against Stability in Court as First Major AI Copyright Trial Begins

The trial involving Getty Images and Stability AI began in London this week, and the AI company has claimed in its opening statement that the copyright case represents an “overt threat” to the entire industry. Getty rejects that motion arguing in court yesterday that it “is not a battle between creatives and technology, where a win for Getty Images means the end of AI.”

Getty has accused Stability AI of using thousands of its copyrighted photographs to train its AI image…