Getty Images

Getty Images is a digital media company that licenses photographs, illustrations, and video content to businesses and individuals worldwide. The company maintains one of the largest libraries of professionally produced and curated visual assets, used across advertising, publishing, media, and design applications.

Getty Images gained significant attention in the AI sector through a content licensing partnership with OpenAI, which enables Getty's licensed photographs to be displayed within ChatGPT. This arrangement represents a formal and structured licensing model that provides direct compensation to professional content creators for their work. The partnership reflects an industry approach where technology companies and content owners can establish agreements for AI system integration, contrasting with concerns about unauthorized use of copyrighted material in AI model development.