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International Business Times
International Business Times
Business
Thomas URBAIN

Artists Use Tech Weapons Against AI Copycats

Artists such as Karla Ortiz in San Francisco, California, are seeking technical and legal ways to protect their styles as artificial intelligence 'learns' to copy works found online (Credit: AFP)

Artists under siege by artificial intelligence (AI) that studies their work, then replicates their styles, have teamed with university researchers to stymy such copycat activity.

US illustrator Paloma McClain went into defense mode after learning that several AI models had been "trained" using her art, with no credit or compensation sent her way.

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