Artists' Copyright Lawsuit Against AI Art Generators Dismissed by Judge

A federal judge has dismissed most claims in a copyright lawsuit filed by artists against AI art generators, including Midjourney and DeviantArt, over the unauthorized use of billions of images downloaded from the internet to train AI systems. The judge found that the accusations were "defective" and unclear, questioning whether the AI systems contained copies of copyrighted images and if the artists could prove infringement without identical material created by the AI tools. However, a claim against Stability AI for direct infringement was allowed to proceed. The artists will have to establish that their works were used to train the AI system, but the issue remains contested.