Judge rebuffs Stability AI request to narrow copyright infringement claims in AI lawsuit

A federal judge appears to have rejected a request by Stability AI to narrow the scope of copyright infringement claims remaining against the company’s generative artificial intelligence product, after the judge last month granted a partial dismissal of the class-action lawsuit and allowed plaintiffs to refile their complaint.

“It would appear that your honor’s ruling with respect to the Stability defendants was intended to be focused on the training images theory that is understood by the Stability plaintiffs,” said defendants...