Did Kelly join a class-action lawsuit against DeviantArt?

And she wanted Kelly to join a class-action lawsuit. Kelly said yes. MA: The lawsuit was filed in mid-January against DeviantArt and two AI companies. And it alleges, among other things, that the companies violated copyright law.

Did AI 'violate the rights of millions of artists'?

The suit alleges that these companies “violated the rights of millions of artists” by using billions of internet images to use train its AI art tool without the “consent of artists and without compensating any of those artists.” These companies “benefit commercially and profit richly from the use of copyrighted images,” the suit alleges.

Did DeviantArt violate copyright law?

Kelly said yes. MA: The lawsuit was filed in mid-January against DeviantArt and two AI companies. And it alleges, among other things, that the companies violated copyright law. WOODS: The claim argues the AI companies compressed those billions of images and stored those images' information, which it then uses to make new works.

Is generative AI Art harming artists?

“The harm to artists is not hypothetical,” the suit says, noting that works created by generative AI art are “already sold on the internet, siphoning commissions from the artists themselves.” The three plaintiffs are artists whose work has been used to train these generative AI tools. Andersen is the creator of popular webcomic Sarah’s Scribbles.