Source: U.S. News & World Report

This U.S. News & World Report article covers the lawsuit filed by Disney and Universal against the AI firm Midjourney, accusing it of copyright infringement for using protected creative content to train its AI image generation models without authorization.

The lawsuit illustrates growing tensions between large entertainment companies and AI developers regarding the use of copyrighted works in AI training datasets. Disney and Universal claim that Midjourney’s actions undermine the rights of creators and violate intellectual property laws.

The case is part of a broader wave of litigation seeking to define how copyright applies in the era of AI-generated content, with implications for AI industry practices, copyright enforcement, and creative industries’ rights protection.