Story, the pioneering blockchain for intellectual property, has unveiled its collaboration with Stability AI’s advanced models, marking a transformative shift towards open-source AI development. This initiative empowers contributors—creators, developers, and artists—to harness and retain the value generated through their contributions to the AI landscape. Leveraging the innovative technology from Stability AI, Story is set to tackle the pressing issue of accurately attributing, tracking, and monetizing the creative outputs produced by AI.
The narrative centers on tackling the ambiguity surrounding monetization avenues for creators of derivative works within the open-source landscape. Even with the remarkable advancements in AI, the mechanisms for proper attribution and monetization of creators’ intellectual property have lagged behind the rapid pace of innovation.
“We’re thrilled to leverage Stability AI’s models, to tackle the most pressing challenges we face with the rapid rise of AI,” said Jason Zhao, Co-Founder and Chief Protocol Officer at PIP Labs, Story’s initial core contributor. “The combination of AI and blockchain is not only incredibly powerful, but necessary. Blockchains secure digital property rights in the era of AI driven creative abundance. By leveraging Stability AI’s technology and Story’s technology, we’re showcasing how the proper incentive structures can ensure attribution and empower creators, driving AI development forward.”
The narrative and its ecosystem applications will leverage Stability AI’s cutting-edge foundational image models to create AI solutions that incorporate tracking of contributions throughout the AI development life cycle, ensuring equitable compensation for all creators engaged in monetized outputs. Mahojin and ABLO are two innovative AI applications harnessing the power of Story, utilizing Stability AI’s foundational models alongside Story’s cutting-edge blockchain technology. Mahojin, an innovative search-to-generate AI remixing platform, teams up with ABLO, a collaborative AI platform that empowers creators to design physical goods leveraging top brand IPs. Both utilize Stability AI’s cutting-edge models, enabling users to manifest their creative visions effortlessly. Additionally, Story’s technology enhances provenance and attribution throughout the AI ecosystem. These two projects exemplify practical applications and demonstrate innovative methods for creators to protect their intellectual property while monetizing their contributions within a vibrant, collaborative, creative ecosystem.
“Empowering creators is at the core of everything we do at Stability AI. We are thrilled to see our models used in Story’s blockchain technology to ensure proper attribution and reward contributors,” said Scott Trowbridge, Vice President of Stability AI.
Story is dedicated to investigating various applications of how AI and blockchain can synergize to address the changing demands of creators and developers in the era of generative AI. One intriguing avenue to explore is the registration of training data, such as an artist’s distinctive style or voice, as intellectual property, complete with transparent usage terms on Story. Individuals have the opportunity to train and fine-tune their own model leveraging this intellectual property. When a creator leverages this model to produce a monetized output, it creates a win-win scenario for everyone involved in the creation process, allowing all participants to reap the rewards collectively.
Utilizing the advanced models from Stability AI, Story is making significant strides toward building a sustainable and equitable internet in the era of artificial intelligence.