Generative AI Firms Move To Dismiss Artists’ Unfair Competition, Copyright Claims

(April 21, 2023, 12:59 PM EDT) -- SAN FRANCISCO — Three companies involved in the field of content-generation artificial intelligence (AI) filed motions to dismiss putative class copyright infringement and unfair competition claims, telling a California federal court that the plaintiff artists fail to allege that any images created by their respective programs are derivative of their copyrighted works that were purportedly used to “train” their technology....