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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Politics
Robert Booth UK technology editor

AI firm wins high court ruling after photo agency’s copyright claim

James Cameron
James Cameron, the Oscar-winning film-maker behind Avatar, is one of Stability AI’s directors. Photograph: Joanne Mcarthur/The Guardian

A London-based artificial intelligence firm has won a landmark high court case examining the legality of AI models using vast troves of copyrighted data without permission.

Stability AI, whose directors include the Oscar-winning film-maker behind Avatar, James Cameron, successfully resisted a claim from Getty Images that it had infringed the international photo agency’s copyright.

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