From the article it might be read as "Stability AI didn't even bother attempting to reach out" > Rather than attempt to negotiate a license with Getty Images f

From the article it might be read as "Stability AI didn't even bother attempting to reach out" > Rather than attempt to negotiate a license with Getty Images for the use of its content, and even though the terms of use of Getty Images' websites expressly prohibit unauthorized reproduction of content for commercial purposes such as those undertaken by Stability Al, Stability AI has copied at least 12 million copyrighted images from Getty Images' websites, along with associated text and metadata, in order to train its Stable Diffusion model.