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7 February 2023CopyrightMuireann Bolger

Getty Images ramps up feud with Stable Diffusion maker

US lawsuit is latest in a wave of litigation by copyright owners against AI developers | Complaint alleges infringement of 12 million images | Stability AI | Microsoft | GitHub | OpenAI | MidJourney.

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