Reuters reports:

Last week, Getty announced plans to file for bankruptcy, marking a major reset after its planned merger with rival Shutterstock collapsed under the weight of heavy debt and growing competition from AI-generated imagery. Getty said the affiliates of the Getty family and Koch Equity Development, which committed to provide up to $533 million in new equity, will own 100% of the company after the restructuring It's hard to compete against things like the DALL-E image generator.

Long-time Slashdot reader schwit1 quips that maybe "It's hard to compete against things like the DALL-E image generator..."

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