Stable Diffusion Allegedly Used Artists' Works without Permission for AI Training

November 20, 2022

Text-to-image model Stable Diffusion has allegedly employed artists' original works without authorization in its AI training process. This incident highlights the critical role of trustworthy and safe AI practices, as well as robust governance mechanisms to prevent harm. It underscores the need for Project Cerebellum's AI governance efforts. For more information on how you can contribute to shaping responsible AI practices through HISPI Project Cerebellum TAIM (Govern), visit JOIN US.

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Alleged deployer: stability-ai, lensa-ai, midjourney, deviantart
Alleged developer: stability-ai, runway, lensa-ai, laion, eleutherai, compvis-lmu
Alleged harmed parties: digital-artists, artists-publishing-on-social-media, artists

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Data from the AI Incident Database (AIID). Cite this incident: https://incidentdatabase.ai/cite/421

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McGregor, S. (2021) Preventing Repeated Real World AI Failures by Cataloging Incidents: The AI Incident Database. In Proceedings of the Thirty-Third Annual Conference on Innovative Applications of Artificial Intelligence (IAAI-21). Virtual Conference.

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