AI companies ask US court to dismiss artists’ copyright lawsuit

Stability AI, Midjourney, and DeviantArt fired back Tuesday at a group of artists who accused them of committing mass copyright infringement by using the artists’ work in generative AI systems.

The companies asked a San Francisco federal court to dismiss the artists’ proposed class action lawsuit, arguing that the AI-created images are not similar to the artists’ work and that the lawsuit did not note specific images that were allegedly misused.

An attorney for Midjourney declined to comment. Representatives for Stability, DeviantArt and the artists did not immediately respond to requests for comment Wednesday.