In February 2023, German stock photographer Robert Kneschke learned that the images he had taken were being used to train generative models.
When examining the training dataset, he quickly discovered “a bunch of images” from his portfolio in LAION-5B, an open-source dataset used by artificial intelligence applications. Unaware of the implications of his discoveries, Kneschke contacted the dataset’s owner and requested that his work be removed.
His inquiry was met with surprise, and the owner of the dataset referred him to their law firm, Heidrich Rechtsanwälte.
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