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His growing eccentricity, which included untied shoelaces and hair that spiked out in all directions, completed the stock image of a distracted scientist.
From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 7, 2025
A reverse image search of the photograph on one of the licences showed it was a stock image of a man originally produced by a production company in South Africa.
From BBC • Nov. 1, 2024
Several major owners of stock image databases plan to use the service, which would avert legal questions about copyright of images used to generate AI content.
From Reuters • Mar. 21, 2023
And now, by the Hollywood of ours, which has claimed to access her mind, only to serve up a recycled stock image of a magic fetus.
From New York Times • Sep. 29, 2022
The dream-process mechanically reproduces its stock image the moment the intense sympathy-emotion is aroused.
From Fantasia of the Unconscious by Lawrence, D. H. (David Herbert)
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