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Head of Audio at Stability AI Resigns Over Disagreement on Training Generative AI Models With Copyrighted Works

The head of audio at Stability AI, Ed Newton-Rex, has resigned from his position due to disagreement with the company's stance on training generative AI models with copyrighted works. Newton-Rex believes that using copyrighted material in model training cannot be considered fair use, as it can create works that compete with the original copyrighted works. He expressed his concerns about the exploitation of creators and called for others to speak up against this practice.