Artists Fight Back Against AI Appropriation with Lawsuits and Changing Attitudes The recent surge in artists taking their work back from AI may seem like a David vs Goliath battle, but it's actually a symptom of a far larger issue one that speaks to our collective values and the way we treat creative labor.
When Kirk Wallace Johnson discovered his nonfiction books had been co opted by chatbots without permission, he felt a range of emotions: anger, worry, and a desire for revenge. Johnson is not alone in this experience.
The ease with which AI can pilfer and reproduce artistic work has created a cottage industry of copyright infringement cases.