Stability AI Reverses Stance: Calls for Opt-In, Licensing, and Artist Compensation for AI Training Data

Stability AI, the UK-based company behind the open source image generator Stable Diffusion, has signaled a notable change in its approach to artists’ rights. Previously, the company relied on scraping internet images to train its algorithms—a method at the center of ongoing lawsuits regarding copyright. High-profile departures, including that of former executive Ed Newton-Rex, underscored […]