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Disney and Universal sue Midjourney, alleging AI-related copyright infringement


The studios are seeking monetary damages, a jury trial, and an order barring Midjourney from further copyright infringement.

Disney and Universal have sued generative AI platform Midjourney for allegedly training its art-generating and -editing models on their content with permission. Disney and Universal filed a lawsuit Wednesday claiming that Midjourney ignored their earlier requests to cease violating their intellectual property rights, according to The Wall Street Journal. As The Wall Street Journal notes, some film and television studios have experimented with generative AI tech, but in a relatively limited fashion.

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