The stock-image house has unveiled a “research licence” for the training of open-source AI models, which it hopes will be a springboard into commercial licences as partners develop their businesses. “By first integrating a research licence, startups and AI companies can build and refine AI tools on premium, licensed data before making a larger commitment in a full commercial licence,” is how Shutterstock described it. Source: Shutterstock launches a ‘research licence’ for GenAI companies