Getty Images targets AI firm for 'copying' photos

Getty Images, which distributes stock images and news photos, accused Stability AI of profiting from its pictures and those of its partners. — Photography AFP PHOTO/Stan HONDA

US firm Getty Images on Tuesday threatened to sue a tech company it accuses of illegally copying millions of photos for use in an artificial intelligence (AI) art tool.

Getty, which distributes stock images and news photos including those of AFP, accused Stability AI of profiting from its pictures and those of its partners.