Are artists vs AI set for a class-action lawsuit?

The battle between artists and AI is set for a legal showdown as one group of artists prepares to take on Stability AI, Midjourney, and DeviantArt's DreamUp in the first US federal class-action lawsuit of its kind.

Do artists have copyright rights if they use AI?

“There is enough flexibility in the ‘human authorship’ ownership requirement to allow artists who use AI to obtain copyright ownership over their works if they are the ones who are controlling at least some of the creative expression—that is in fact what makes them artists to begin with and not autonomous machines."

Can AI create art?

Here’s the point. AI itself cannot create art. But it can be used as a tool in the act of creating. That’s what Allen did. A pen dipped in ink cannot be awarded copyright. But when used as a tool in the creation of belletristic prose, the story changes.

Did AI win an art contest?

Headlines read that AI has recently won an art contest. But what is art? Damien Hirst cut a cow and calf each lengthwise into two halves and displayed them in four separate baths of formaldehyde in clear display tanks. The title of the creation, “ Mother and Child Divided ,” is a pun.