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United States District Court for the Northern District of California v. Stability AI Ltd., Stability AI, Inc., Midjourney, Inc., DeviantArt, Inc., Runway AI, Inc.
January 13, 2023 · United States · AI/Tech
Artists Sarah Andersen, Kelly McKernan, and Karla Ortiz filed a class-action lawsuit against Stability AI, Midjourney, and DeviantArt, alleging copyright infringement, DMCA violations, and related state law claims. They claim the defendants used their copyrighted works to train AI models like Stable Diffusion without permission.
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AI that denies insurance claims or benefits must preserve meaningful human review of medical necessity; automated mass denials draw bad-faith, breach-of-contract and class-action liability.
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