Do AI-generated art apps like @lensa.ai get permission from artists whose work they use to train their AI? No, and we think that’s unethical and illegal. losangelesblade writer @zach.jarrell talks with @paulyworld and @marcdebauch about their experiences discovering their work had been scraped from the internet to train the Stable Diffusion model behind Lensa AI. “If they need art to train the AI, they could ask artists or license existing work. Instead they’re going online and stealing it.” SEE MORE IN OUR STORIES OR “News” LINK IN BIO