Shein Accused of AI-Driven Art Theft on Merchandise

July 11, 2023

Artists Krista Perry, Larissa Martinez, and Jay Baron have filed a lawsuit against Shein for alleged use of AI in replicating their artwork on merchandise. The artists accuse Shein's algorithm of identifying trending online art, producing near-identical copies without credit or compensation.

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MAP 4.1 — similarity 0.596, rank 1. TAIM detail and related incidents →
MEASURE 2.10 — similarity 0.585, rank 2. TAIM detail and related incidents →
MAP 1.6 — similarity 0.583, rank 3. TAIM detail and related incidents →

Alleged deployer: shein, chris-xu
Alleged developer: shein
Alleged harmed parties: krista-perry, larissa-martinez, jay-baron, digital-artists

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