Disney and Universal sue AI image company Midjourney for unlicensed use of 'Star Wars,' 'The Simpsons' and more Disney and Universal joined forces in a lawsuit against artificial intelligence image ...

The lawsuit, filed in U.S. District Court in Los Angeles, claims the AI company Midjourney generates images that “blatantly incorporate and copy” the movie studios’ famous characters.

Companies like Disney and Comcast, which owns Universal Studios, are balancing their desire to experiment with AI as a way to enhance their film and TV work, with a need to protect their valuable ...

"Piracy is piracy," says Disney's chief legal officer, as the studios aim to show that tools allowing personalized AI slop creations of characters like Darth Vader or Shrek run afoul of their IP.

Disney and NBCUniversal's lawsuit against AI company Midjourney is a way to establish legal precedent around AI.

Those were the two reactions — seemingly opposite, actually harmonious — to the news that Disney and Universal had finally bitten the bullet Wednesday and sued an AI company, the startup image ...

The battle over the future of AI-generated content escalated on Wednesday as two Hollywood titans sued a fast-growing AI start-up for copyright infringement. Disney and Universal, whose ...

Disney and Universal just sued Midjourney for scraping their IP—ushering in a major showdown over how AI is trained.

Moonvalley, an AI firm known for using only licensed content, has raised $84 million in new financing from backers including ...

The lawsuit, filed in U.S. District Court in Los Angeles, claims the AI company Midjourney generates images that "blatantly incorporate and copy" the movie studios' famous characters.

Walt Disney Co. and Comcast Corp. teamed up to sue Midjourney Inc., ... AI-generated images using prompts. ... In a lawsuit filed in federal court in California on Wednesday, ...

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