Disney and NBCUniversal's lawsuit against AI company Midjourney is a way to establish legal precedent around AI.

Disney and Universal sue AI image company Midjourney for unlicensed use of 'Star Wars,' 'The Simpsons' and more Disney and Universal joined forces in a lawsuit against artificial intelligence image ...

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.

The 100-plus-page lawsuit details the ways Midjourney enables its users to recreate characters that belong to Disney's and Universal's different worlds, such as Marvel and Star Wars.

Disney and NBCU’s lawsuit includes images alleged to be examples of instances of Midjourney’s infringement. Those include an image of Marvel’s Deadpool and Wolverine (pictured above), Iron ...

Earlier this month, Walt Disney Pictures became one of the first major studios to launch a lawsuit against a leading AI company. Disney and Comcast are both going after Midjourney in court over ...

On June 11, 2025, Disney and several affiliated production companies filed a federal lawsuit against Midjourney, Inc., a leading artificial intelligence (AI) image-generation platform.

On this episode of “Uncanny Valley,” we explore Disney and Universal's lawsuit against Midjourney, which could be consequential for the future of how intellectual property is treated in the AI ...

Entertainment giants Disney and Universal filed a copyright infringement lawsuit Wednesday against AI company Midjourney, calling the image generator a "bottomless pit of plagiarism." The lawsuit is ...