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Home/AI Incident Database/Stable Diffusion reproduces distorted Getty Images watermarks, exposing training on licensed photographs

Stable Diffusion reproduces distorted Getty Images watermarks, exposing training on licensed photographs

Outputs bearing mangled "Getty Images" watermarks gave the clearest visual evidence that image generators were trained on licensed content, starting the first major AI copyright trial.

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