That is certainly not what is happening and I think that argument is even more dangerous because it means that It is storing copies of potentially copyrighted m

That is certainly not what is happening and I think that argument is even more dangerous because it means that It is storing copies of potentially copyrighted material. In fact it is precisly this conjecture that is the bases of the latest lawsuit. https://www.theverge.com/2023/1/16/23557098/generative-ai-art-copyright-legal-lawsuit-stable-diffusion-midjourney-deviantart https://www.theverge.com/2023/1/16/23557098/generative-ai-ar... They need to show that they are not keeping any form of copy or original content compressed or not.