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Famous AI "Artist" Says He's Losing Millions of Dollars From People Stealing His Work (gizmodo.com)
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The guy who used Midjourney to create an award-winning piece of AI art demands copyright protections.

Excuse me while I go grab my popcorn.

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[–] [email protected] 22 points 4 weeks ago* (last edited 4 weeks ago)

And if AI work would be copyrighted by the "prompt artist" then all the artists whose work is in the training set can sue the prompter for profiting of their work without licensing fees. It would be a legal clusterfuck so it was pretty wise to side step the whole issue.