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Research is ongoing; collected events do not constitute a complete case history.
The start date is only the earliest event collected in this batch; it does not assert that the controversy began that day.
Case chronology
Have I Been Trained launches, according to a later official retrospective
Spawning’s 2024 retrospective records the September 2022 launch of Have I Been Trained for searching images in LAION-5B.
Have I Been Trained reopens after security changes
Spawning announces restored service with stronger safety screening. Search and opt-out registration remain available, but image-similarity search and duplicate detection are not yet restored.
Spawning publishes a rights-reservation guide and limitations
Spawning explains rights reservations through domains, individual media items and browser tools, acknowledging that it cannot compel every trainer to comply or undo past training.
Research question
Examines how artists turn discoveries of collected works into machine-readable rights-reservation mechanisms.
Related documents
DOC-0064Have I Been Trained is Back!DOC-0065The Spawning Guide to Rights ReservationsSources
Related cases
Cite this record
ANTI-AI ARCHIVE. “Have I Been Trained / Spawning rights-reservation tools.” case-0045. Include this page’s URL and your access date when citing.