AI Image Licensing in 2026: Who Owns the Output—and Who Pays if It Goes Wrong?

AI Image Licensing in 2026: Who Owns the Output—and Who Pays if It Goes Wrong?

AI-generated visuals are now common in ads, packaging and websites, but the commercial licence behind them is widely misunderstood. Magnific, Adobe Firefly, Google Gemini and OpenAI’s ChatGPT all allow some commercial use. The real question is what happens when a brand, photographer or public figure objects. Only business contracts typically include intellectual-property indemnities, and nearly … Read more

Just Eat Shelves AI Menu Photos After Generators Misread Local Dish Names

Just Eat Shelves AI Menu Photos After Generators Misread Local Dish Names

Just Eat has paused the rollout of an AI image generator that was filling in missing dish photography across its marketplace, after customers in the United Kingdom began flagging results that ranged from the baffling to the biologically alarming. The clearest example came from a café in Belfast: its bacon-and-egg soda bread was rendered as … Read more