The company cited “open questions” and “unaddressed rights issues” with respect to the content used by artificial intelligence generators. For the most part, it’s being scraped and remixed from the work of human artists, who use the Internet as a venue for their work to connect with audiences and potential buyers. Not only do some see this as disenfranchising to artists but it also presents legal quicksand for image sites that decide to trade in AI-crafted content.
Source: Citing Copyright Concerns, Getty Images Bans AI-Generated Content