# Citing Copyright Concerns, Getty Images Bans AI-Generated Content

- Link: https://www.widthness.com/citing-copyright-concerns-getty-images-bans-ai-generated-content/
- Published: 2022-09-25T10:00:21-05:00
- Author: Curated by John Wysocki

Image caption: An image generated by DALL-E 2 based on the text prompt “1960s art of cow getting abducted by UFO in midwest”. Image credit: Encik Tekateki via Wikimedia Commons. Article by Sarah Rose Sharp. Hyperallergic – September 22, 2022. The company cited “open questions” and “unaddressed rights issues” with respect to the content used by artificial intelligence generators. With a new world of visual potential lately opened by artificial intelligence (AI) image generators such as DALL-E and Midjourney, there is also a new world of potential legal complications. Looking to get ahead of problems before they begin, Getty Images — a massive supplier of stock photography — has banned the upload and sale of all content generated using AI art tools. […] Click here to view original web page at hyperallergic.com