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CEPIC member SmartFrame has launched SmartFrame Images, offering free access to more than 40 million premium editorial visuals across sport, news, and culture. Publishers can now embed high-quality images instantly, with credits, protection, and monetisation built in.

In today's digital world, images are everywhere, but controlling how they're used, shared, and monetised has never been more complex. Join us on Tuesday, 2 December at 16:00 CET to discover how framing technology is revolutionising image protection and monetisation, with insights from two industry pioneers at Smartframe and CyberMirage.

Getty Images has secured a major legal victory against Stability AI in the UK, with the court ruling that Stable Diffusion infringed Getty’s trademarks and confirming that responsibility lies with the model provider, not the user. The decision also establishes a precedent that AI models can be subject to copyright infringement claims, marking a significant milestone for intellectual property protection in the age of AI.

CEPIC member BRIA has launched FIBO, a next-generation visual AI model offering full control over image generation. Built exclusively with licensed data, FIBO provides brands and businesses with legally safe, consistent, and enterprise-ready AI-powered visuals.

CEPIC is once again inviting members to have their images featured across our website. This is a great opportunity to showcase your work to the global visual media community, with full credit given to all contributors.

Getty Images and Perplexity have announced a new global multi-year licensing agreement that will bring Getty’s high-quality creative and editorial images to Perplexity’s AI-powered search and discovery tools. The partnership aims to enhance visual storytelling, improve attribution, and promote the responsible use of licensed content in the age of AI.

A major new study coordinated by the European Broadcasting Union (EBU) and led by the BBC has revealed that leading AI assistants — including ChatGPT, Copilot, Gemini, and Perplexity — frequently misrepresent news content across languages and countries. Involving 22 public service media organisations, the research found that 45% of AI-generated answers contained significant issues, raising urgent concerns about information integrity and public trust in the AI era.

CEPIC’s Sylvie Fodor and Marisol Muñiz joined partners in Paris for the kickoff meeting of the Trust My Content consortium, part of the Provenance4Trust project promoting transparency, authenticity, and compliance in digital media. CEPIC members are invited to share their interest in potential use cases ahead of the next project phase.