The existence of a list of 16,000 artists, including 6-year-old children, used by Midjourney for AI training was discovered

It has been revealed that there is a list containing the names of over 16,000 artists, which is said to have been used to train the image generation AI Midjourney. The list also included notable artists such as Walt Disney,

Midjourney developers caught discussing laundering, and creating a database of Artists (who have been dehumanized to styles) to train Midjourney off of. This has been submitted into evidence for the lawsuit. Prompt engineers, your “skills” are not yours https:// t.co/wAhsNjt5Kz pic.twitter.com/EBvySMQC0P

— Jon Lam #CreateDontScrape (@JonLamArt) December 31, 2023

Leaked: the names of more than 16,000 non-consenting artists allegedly used to train Midjourney's AI
https://www.theartnewspaper.com/2024/01/04/leaked-names-of-16000-artists-used-to-train-midjourney-ai

Riot Games developer Jon Rahm points out that the list is a list of artists Midjourney's developers have selected to emulate their styles in training.

It was published on Google Spreadsheet under the name 'Midjourney Style List,' but the file was deleted when it was discovered that the information had been leaked. However, it was already stored in the Internet Archive, and copies are now in circulation.

Below is the relevant file saved in the Internet Archive.

Midjourney Style List - Google Drive
https://web.archive.org/web/20231231203837/https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1MEglfejpqgVcaf-I-cgZ5ngV_MlaOTeGXAoBPJO69FM/htmlview#

In the screenshot shown by Lam, Midjourney CEO David Holtz welcomes the addition of artists to training data, and members discuss copyright issues by saying, ``All you have to do is scrape.'' 'You just use the dataset you created and forget what you used to train the model.'

The list also included many artists whose names would appear in a class action lawsuit filed in 2023.

This lawsuit has been dismissed by the court.

However, in November 2023, the complaint was revised, adding the plaintiff, and adding Runway AI, which generates video, as a defendant, and the complaint was filed again.

'Generative AI engineers may think litigation is dead, but it's still alive and adding more evidence and plaintiffs,' Lam noted. did.

Gen Ai techbros would have you believe the lawsuit is dead or thrown out, no, the lawsuit is still alive and well, and more evidence and prosecutors have been added to the casefile.

Updated Casefile here. https://t.co/uTqs6grWRE

— Jon Lam #CreateDontScrape (@JonLamArt) January 2, 2024