Generative AI is a marvel. Is it also built on theft?
The wonder-technology faces accusations of copyright infringement
THE FOOTBALLERS look realistic at first sight but, on closer inspection, something is wrong. Their faces are contorted, their limbs are bending in alarming directions, the ball is slightly egg-shaped. Strangest of all, running across one footballer’s left leg is the ghostly trace of a watermark: Getty Images.
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This article appeared in the Business section of the print edition under the headline “The imitation game”
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