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If I recall correctly, Stability AI’s process to skirt copyright is to have the training data compiled and model weights trained by a third-party university. Ed
by xigency 3y ago
If I recall correctly, Stability AI’s process to skirt copyright is to have the training data compiled and model weights trained by a third-party university. Educational research institutions have more lax requirements around copyright. That may or may not be a legitimate way to work under existing laws, but doesn’t tell us much about what the moral/ethical/legal considerations should be, which seems like an open question.
- pmayrgundter 3y agoThat sounds more like their story for SD 1.5 last year. I think there was some kerfuffle between Stability.ai and Runway.ai/Heidelberg Uni (see the Forbes article; won't link as I'm unclear on the veracity), who they were working with, and they may have parted ways by their first indie work on SD 2.x around the holidays. Either way, the Uni connection story may be old.
- homarp 3y agohttps://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=36185891 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=36185891 discusses the Forbes article
- homarp 3y agoand I guess you can add https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2023-06-26/stability-ai-head-of-research-resigns-from-startup https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2023-06-26/stability... now