Artists' work at risk as researcher urges privacy checks over AI caricature trend

The growing trend of personalized AI-generated caricatures is causing concern among artists, like amateur Anne Rowlands, who report losing commissions as the technology becomes mainstream for both personal and business use. Artists argue that this AI art devalues human creativity and represents a form of theft, as the algorithms are trained on scraped images without proper compensation or reckoning for creators' work, according to multimedia artist Luku Kuku. Furthermore, researchers like Professor Daniel Angus warn that users should exercise caution when sharing personal data to generate these images, as the information could be misused, urging people to consider the privacy implications before sharing sensitive details embedded in the resulting caricatures. The Australian federal government is consulting on copyright law updates in response to these challenges, emphasizing that using creators' work commercially without permission is theft.

(Source：Abc Net Au)