So, when will the copyright law apply?
For ages, artists have been copying and referencing art from other artists. Sometimes, it is done without permission, and sometimes it is done with permission. The latter can be done through licensing or attribution. The former can result in a lawsuit, but in many cases, it is deemed fair use.
Now, this process can be done automatically by artificial intelligence (AI). Many technologies can now generate art through AI, and it copies any known artists in the world. So, when will the copyright law apply?
The short answer is, it already does. There are already many lawsuits involving AI-generated art.
In 2018, the artist Mario Klingemann sold an AI-generated portrait for $432,000. The buyer was a Japanese businessman named Daisuke Nagatomo. The portrait was of a woman, and it was generated by an AI that was trained on 15,000 portraits from the 16th to 20th centuries.
The portrait was generated by an AI that was trained on 15,000 portraits from the 16th to 20th centuries.
In 2019, the artist Robbie Barrat sold an AI-generated portrait for $10,000. The buyer was a French businessman named Nicolas Wilmes. The portrait was of a man, and it was generated by an AI that was trained on a dataset of celebrity faces.