The latest allegations against Shein may well be a sign of things to come, as increased use of data mining and generative adversarial networks (GANs) across the fashion industry facilitates industrial-scale design copying. Credit: Shutterstock.

In July, three independent US fashion designers, Krista Perry, Larissa Martinez, and Jay Baron, filed a lawsuit against Chinese fast fashion company Shein for engaging in AI-led “systematic criminal intellectual property infringement”.

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