Wuhan court backs netizen in AI art dispute
China DailyA court in Wuhan, Hubei province, recently ruled in favor of a netizen whose AI-generated art was used in an The plaintiff, surnamed Wang, created an image using AI and released it on the social media platform Xiaohongshu on May 17 last year. The people's court of the Donghu High-Tech Development Zone in Wuhan held that the image generated by Wang is no different from photos or paintings commonly seen by people. She used keywords that corresponded to the image's effects and elements, resulting in a unique "mapping" between the generated image and her creative actions. Throughout the process of setting and adjusting keywords, parameters, style and lighting effects, and selecting images to inform the final disputed image, Wang exercised a degree of "control and foresight" over the generated works.
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