person
Ed Newton-Rex
Fairly Trained founder; ex-Stability AI
Former Stability AI VP of Audio who resigned in November 2023 citing disagreement with fair-use defence of training data. Now runs Fairly Trained, a certifier of consent-based AI training.
current CEO and Founder, Fairly Trained
past VP of Audio, Stability AI
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Lead with regulation, treaties, liability regimesRuns the Fairly Trained certifier for consent-based AI training; argues fair-use defence is structurally wrong for generative AI.
“I resigned from Stability AI because I disagree with the company's position that training generative AI models on copyrighted works is 'fair use'.”
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Record last updated 2026-04-25.