βBrutalβ: thousands of T-shirt designs stolen and listed on Temu, Sydney label claimshttps://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2026/sep/18/ai-copyright-t-shirt-designs-stolen-temu-sydney-clothing-label-lonely-kids-club
Warwick Levy, who runs Lonely Kids Club, says AI may have been used to scrape his entire website and replicate designs Get our breaking news email , free app or daily news podcast After 15 years running a small business making T-shirts, Warwick Levy says it was βbrutalβ when he first discovered an identical design for sale on Temu. It turned out there was an overwhelming amount of T-shirts identical to his own for sale on the Chinese e-commerce marketplace. Between 2025 and earlier this year, Levy, 37, found thousands of rip-offs. Continue reading...
