Comment on Artists dump X as launch of new AI image editing feature sparks outrage - Cryptopolitan
Syrc@lemmy.world 9 hours agoI think all the uproar is about new Grok functions that allow you to edit with AI and repost (aka distribute) images directly from within Xitter (I’m not sure that this is the case but I’m definitely not going to log in that thing to verify that).
NotMyOldRedditName@lemmy.world 9 hours ago
I wasn’t going to log in to verify either lol.
Even if that’s the case, it will come down to fair use policy which will allow quite a lot.
If the specific instance of sharing isn’t fair use and Twitter allows it, then sue them, someone will.
brucethemoose@lemmy.world 4 hours ago
They can use it to farm engagement. Is that the same thing?
And yeah, that’s the icky part. This is a dream for spammers and “cheap SEO” types who don’t really care about copyright law in this context.
NotMyOldRedditName@lemmy.world 50 minutes ago
I wonder how that would go in court, I wonder if it’s been tried before? I could see an argument that if that was the intention and how they made money maybe it wouldn’t be fair use.
inconel@lemmy.ca 8 hours ago
Many artists explicitly state no repost without their permissio, requiring proper credits and such. It IS a dick move to reposts with edits while directly interacting author’s post; that makes people using the AI feature violating author’s will knowingly.
In reality, people don’t read poster’s comment or bio, when “single button to AIgen and use the art as prompt” exists. But it’s basically X greenlit anyone to do so against artists’ will, and fair use can argue the use of art but never force artists to stay in a platform. That’s what’s happening.