Copy + Paste + Steal: Artists Battle For Copyright vs Generative AI | Undercover Asia | Full Episode

When visual artists discover strange copies of their work appearing online, they soon find that they have been made by AI. But just how does Generative AI mimic artistic styles in photos and paintings, and why is it so controversial?

While some view AI as a tool for innovation, others see it as a threat to human creativity. We uncover just how AI technology learns to generate images in the blink of an eye - and how many in the creative community are now fighting back against the AI onslaught.

With more and more people using Gen AI every day, our story explores the ongoing legal and ethical dilemmas in this evolving landscape.

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00:00 What's wrong with Generative AI?
02:27 Zhang Jingna's work is copied
04:16 The Fair Use principle
08:49 How Gen AI produces images from words
11:41 What is a prompt?
12:58 Creating images with words
14:31 Kelly McKernan's stolen art
17:42 AI's impact on jobs
19:44 Where is Gen AI learning from?
20:27 What are web scrapers
22:20 LAION, one of the largest image datasets
25:01 Artists fight back against AI
28:34 Jingna creates Cara for artists
31:42 AI photo wins photography competition
33:45 AI evangelist on why we should use AI
34:52 Jingna wins her court case
35:43 Artists sue Gen AI companies
38:56 Protecting art with digital Glaze
42:22 New legal frameworks for AI creations
43:14 What lies ahead

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