In February, I wrote articles on a similar topic when some AI companies faced lawsuits. I mainly discussed how art and creativity are now being used like parts on a factory conveyor. Disassembled and mixed to produce new works an mass.
And I do not think that suing or regulating those companies will help. There are companies that already have copyrights bought to train their own models and monopolise this. Disney, Blizzard, stock photo sites.
In current laws I believe it might be better to give creators a share or stake for their art. We should also have systems that can trace back to the original art when something new is created. However, new authors might struggle if their work isn't unique since others have already contributed similar content. That's what worries me here.
I've been in software development for a long time, starting with game development, which combines visuals, sound, and stories. And parts of it is creating algorithms that generate virtual world. In that sense game development is a lot like math.
This kind of world clashes with the idea of copyrights. If an algorithm can produce art, then it could potentially create almost anything and claim it. There's only so many images we can create, which makes me worry about the future of copyrights.