In a move that could redefine the boundaries between generative AI (genAI) and intellectual property, Disney and Universal have joined forces to file a lawsuit against Midjourney, one of the world’s most popular AI image generators.
You may think you’ve heard this story before — The New York Times‘ 2023 lawsuit against OpenAI and Microsoft and News Corp. vs. Perplexity — but this case is different. For one thing, this is the first time major Hollywood studios with far more cash to prosecute the case have directly targeted a genAI company for copyright infringement. For another, Disney and Universal are both big AI users.
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