A recent decision by U.S. District Judge William H. Orrick in the Northern District of California has highlighted the judiciary’s approach to cases involving artificial intelligence training data. On August 12, Judge Orrick issued an order in Sarah Andersen v. Stability AI Ltd., a putative class action brought by artists. The plaintiffs allege that their artworks were used without permission to train the Stable Diffusion text-to-image AI software tool. Judge Orrick’s ruling, which partially granted and partially denied the defendants’ motions to dismiss, provides valuable insight into how courts are beginning to handle copyright infringement claims in the context of AI.