Story X Stability AI: Open Source AI Models Empowering the Creator Economy

The global intellectual property (IP) blockchain Story announces the dawn of a new era in open-source artificial intelligence (AI) development using Stability AI's cutting-edge models --- contributors (creators, developers, artists) will be able to capture the value they create by contributing to the AI ecosystem. With the technology from Stability AI, Story aims to address key challenges such as proper attribution, tracking, and monetization of creative works generated by AI.

Story focuses on solving the problem of creators lacking a clear path to monetize their derivative works in the open-source ecosystem. Despite the remarkable advancements in AI, the proper attribution and monetization of creator IP have not kept pace with innovation.

"We are excited to leverage Stability AI's models to tackle the most pressing challenges brought about by the rapid rise of AI," said Jason Zhao, initial core contributor of Story and co-founder and Chief Protocol Officer of PIP Labs. "The combination of AI and blockchain is powerful and essential. In this era of AI-driven creative explosion, blockchain can protect digital rights. By utilizing the technologies of both Stability AI and Story, we demonstrate how to ensure proper attribution and empower creators through appropriate incentive structures, thereby driving the development of AI."

Story and its ecosystem applications will use Stability AI's leading foundational image models to build AI applications, embedding tracking of contributions throughout the entire AI development cycle, thus providing fair compensation for all creators involved in monetizing outputs. Mahojin and ABLO are two AI applications built on Story that leverage Stability AI's foundational models and Story's blockchain technology. Mahojin is a search + generation AI hybrid platform, while ABLO is a collaborative AI platform that allows creators to design physical products using leading brand IP. Mahojin and ABLO utilize Stability AI's models to enable users to easily turn their creative visions into reality and employ Story's technology for better traceability and attribution across the entire AI stack. These two projects showcase real-world use cases and illustrate how to open new avenues for creators to protect their IP and profit from their contributions in a dynamic, shared creative economy.

"Empowering creators is at the core of everything we do at Stability AI. We are thrilled to see our models being used with Story's blockchain technology to ensure proper attribution and reward contributors," said Scott Trowbridge, Vice President of Stability AI.

Story is committed to exploring different use cases of the combination of AI and blockchain to meet the evolving needs of creators and developers in the era of generative artificial intelligence. For example, one area of exploration is registering training data such as an artist's unique style or voice as IP with transparent usage terms on Story. Anyone can use this IP to train and fine-tune their own models. If a creator generates profitable outputs using that model, everyone in the creative chain will benefit together.

By leveraging Stability AI's cutting-edge models, Story is taking a crucial step towards creating a sustainable and equitable network in the age of AI.

About Story

Story is a global intellectual property blockchain that unlocks global creativity and liquidity by transforming IP into a network across media and platforms. Visit the official website for more information.

About PIP Labs

PIP Labs is the initial core contributor to the Story network, backed by investors such as a16z crypto, Endeavor, and Polychain. PIP Labs was co-founded by a serial entrepreneur with a $440 million exit record and the youngest product manager at Deepmind, with the founding team having extensive experience in consumer technology, generative AI, and Web3 infrastructure.