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

Disney and Universal have filed a lawsuit against an AI company over use of their copyrighted characters to create facsimiles ...

In the complaint, the Hollywood giants allege Midjourney generates “endless” ripoffs of everything from minions to Darth Vader.

Disney and NBCU filed a federal lawsuit Tuesday against Midjourney, a generative AI start-up, alleging copyright infringement ...

On this episode of “Uncanny Valley,” we explore Disney and Universal's lawsuit against Midjourney, which could be ...

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.

Then there’s the other way: With a studio legal victory. The AI models are deemed prohibited from training on this content — this “fair use,” a judge says, ain’t that. In such a scenario we are ...

Midjourney users can create AI images of protected characters like Shrek, Yoda and Marvel superheroes, according to a new ...

In a move that could redefine the boundaries between generative AI (genAI) and intellectual property, Disney and Universal ...

"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 Universal sued Midjourney on Wednesday for generating Shrek, Darth Vader, Buzz Lightyear, and a host of other copyrighted characters in the first major legal showdown between Hollywood and ...

Disney and NBCU filed suit against Midjourney, a generative AI start-up, alleging copyright infringement.