Getty Images suing the makers of popular AI art tool for allegedly stealing photos

Getty Images Sues Stability AI for Scraping Millions of Copyrighted Photos

Getty Images is suing Stability AI, the creators of the popular AI art tool known as Stable Diffusion, for scraping millions of images from its site. The stock photo company claims the creators of the AI tool have engaged in copyright violation and "chose to ignore viable licensing options and long-standing legal protections in pursuit of their stand-alone commercial interests."

Getty Images suing the makers of popular AI art tool for allegedly stealing photos

(CNN) -- Getty Images announced a lawsuit against Stability AI, the company behind popular AI art tool Stable Diffusion, alleging the tech company committed copyright infringement. The stock image giant accused Stability AI of copying and processing millions of its images without obtaining the proper licensing, according to

Getty Images to AI Companies: Stop Illegally Using Our Photos

Getty announced in a press release on Tuesday that it began legal proceedings against AI company Stability AI for intellectual property infringement.

Getty Images is suing an AI image generator for copyright infringement

Getty Images claims Stability AI copied millions of copyright-protected images to train its text-to-image generator, Stable Diffusion.

Now artists sue AI image generation tools Stable Diffusion, Midjourney over copyright

The defendants also include DeviantArt, which recently launched DreamUp, a paid generative AI tool built around Sta­ble Dif­fu­sion.

Getty Images sues Stable Diffusion creators Stability AI for scraping its content

Getty Images says Stability AI 'unlawfully copied and processed millions of images protected by copyright'