Judge Appears Likely to Dismiss AI Class Action Lawsuit by Artists

On Wednesday, Judge William Orrick of the US District Court for the Northern District of California heard oral arguments on defendants’ motion to dismiss in the case of Andersen v Stability Ltd, a closely-watched class action complaint filed by multiple artists against companies that have developed AI text-to-image generator tools like Stability AI, Midjourney, and DeviantArt. During the hearing, the judge appeared to side with AI companies, thus making it likely that he would dismiss the