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November 16, 2023

Stability AI’s head of audio resigns over copyright concerns

Ed Newton-Rex tweeted last night that he’s resigned because he doesn’t “agree with the company’s opinion that training generative AI models on copyrighted works is ‘fair use’”

Tim Smith

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Stability AI’s head of audio Ed Newton-Rex has announced that he is resigning from the company, due to concerns over its use of copyrighted material in training its generative AI models. 

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Tim Smith

Tim Smith was news editor at Sifted. He covered deeptech and AI, and produced Startup Europe — The Sifted Podcast . Follow him on X and LinkedIn

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