A new report from WSJ suggests that plans to use generative AI elements on the live-action 'Moana' and 'Tron: Ares' were ...

Disney and NBCUniversal are the first Hollywood players to take a shot across the bow of a generative AI company that they claim has stolen their copyrighted characters. Disney and NBCU filed a ...

The stakes are especially high for the studio, caught between how to use artificial intelligence in the filmmaking process ...

Launched publicly in 2022, Midjourney is now a prominent name in the AI text-to-image industry. According to Disney and Universal’s lawsuit, it made $300 million last year.

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The lawsuit features the images, as well as a number of other examples. Representatives for Midjourney did not immediately respond to request for comment. Read Disney and NBCUniversal’s AI lawsuit.

The lawsuit accuses Midjourney of promoting its AI tools using Disney and Universal characters, and says the AI company has already begun using such characters to train its video service.

The lawsuit, filed in U.S. District Court in Los Angeles on Wednesday by Disney Enterprises, Marvel, Lucasfilm, 20th Century, Universal City Studios Productions and DreamWorks Animation, describes ...

Disney and Universal file a lawsuit against AI image creator Midjourney, alleging copyright infringement of intellectual properties such as Star Wars, The Avengers and The Simpsons.

Disney considered using AI to create a deepfake of Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson in the upcoming live-action Moana.

A.I. is now a major topic of conversation in every major industry, it seems, and Hollywood is certainly no different. It’s ...