Stock Photographer Sues Ai Association Laion: The Crux With Ai Training Data

LAION e.V., a Hamburg-based non-profit that promotes open-source AI and open-source datasets, is being sued by a stock photographer for copyright infringement. The photographer, Robert Kneschke, is seeking an injunction and legal clarity on behalf of the entire industry, as well as compensation for the creators of the images used to train large machine learning models. This is the first time an originator of photos has had the issue of remuneration for the exploitation of images on ML training legally clarified, and the case has been widely discussed in the media.