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Monday, 27 July 2026

Artist sues AI meme generator for selling deeply personal comic as ad template

Ars Technica 1 month ago 27

Artist Elmer Saflor is suing meme generator platform Memes Apps for commercializing his "Running Away Balloon" comic without permission by selling it as a paid template through their ad-generation tool. The lawsuit, filed earlier this month, claims the platform violated copyright law by profiting from subscriptions to generate copies of his 2017 comic meme. This case challenges whether AI platforms can legally monetize user-created content incorporated into their generative tools.

In China, people are renting out their faces to AI

Rest of World 1 month ago 23 2 sources

Chinese platforms are paying people $15 to $700 to license their faces for AI-generated content, creating a marketplace for facial data as producers increasingly use AI for dramas and advertisements. ActID launched in March with 800 registered users and prices ranging from 99 to 500 yuan per episode, while ByteDance removed over 85,000 unauthorized deepfake videos since early 2024. The licensing model offers people compensation for their likeness but raises concerns about long-term control, unclear authorization scope, and inability to prevent unauthorized face-swapping or future misuse of biometric data.

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