1 evidence-linked departure
Stability AI's most prominent safety departure was Ed Newton-Rex, Vice President of Audio, who resigned in November 2023 over the company's position that training generative AI on copyrighted works constitutes fair use. He wrote that 'companies worth billions of dollars are training generative AI models on creators' works without permission' and that he found this unacceptable. His departure highlighted growing tension across the industry over data ethics and the rights of creators whose work is used to train commercial AI systems.