In fact, the watermark used by Getty proved to be the most resistant to automated removal tools out of the three stock image platforms I tested. (Getty Images has notably taken a different stance ...

If multiple images of a soccer match contain the same Getty watermark, the system will interpret that logo as an integral aspect of the final product. Getty offered several examples of its ...

Users on Reddit found a nifty way to get rid of watermarks from pictures downloaded via Getty Images, Shutterstock, and the like. Gemini removes the original watermark on the image; however ...

the Stable Diffusion AI seems to reproduce gooey versions of the Getty Images watermark in some of its output. Credit: Getty Images Many AI systems require huge training datasets in order to ...

the Stable Diffusion AI seems to reproduce gooey versions of the Getty Images watermark in some of its output. Credit: Getty Images Many AI systems require huge training datasets in order to ...

Some of the images even include a warped version of the Getty Images watermark, as you can see in the creations below. An example of the Getty Images watermark showing up in AI created images by ...

The lawsuit also charges that Stability AI infringed the Getty Images watermark, which is found on every photo in the latter company’s visual asset library. AI models use details from the images ...

Getty Images is well-known for its extensive collection of millions of images, including its exclusive archive of historical images and its wider selection of stock images hosted on iStock.

Getty alleged that Stable Diffusion was trained on 12 million Getty images and even imitated Getty's watermark—controversially seeming to add a layer of Getty's authenticity to fake AI images.

Getty images are published to the internet with a visible watermark; licensed images have the watermark removed. Getty said that Stability AI did not seek a license to use Getty’s images.