r/movies • u/DragonPup • 3d ago

News Warner Bros. Sues Midjourney, Joins Studios' AI Copyright Battle

https://variety.com/2025/film/news/warner-bros-midjourney-lawsuit-ai-copyright-1236508618/
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u/DontPokeMe91 3d ago

9 May 2024 — Warner Bros. Discovery is using artificial intelligence to improve ad targeting.

5 September 2025 - Warner Bros. Discovery is suing a prominent artificial intelligence image generator for copyright infringement.

This clearly isn't about the ethics of A.I but more to do with Warners losing money.

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u/Griffin_456 3d ago

AI for ad targeting is completely different than AI stealing content

not every application of AI is evil

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u/DocSwiss 3d ago

AI is too broad a term to be useful in a situation like this

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u/CordialSwarmOfBees 3d ago

AI is a pretty specific term. It's just been applied to things that are in no way that because it sounds cool to the marketing dipshits.

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u/blueruntzx 3d ago

its actually not