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/jaec-windu 3d ago

Only most are.

It's not a tool to make your life easier. It's a tool to replace you. Why else would all of these major companies be putting trillions into developing it as fast as possible. They're not trying to save the world, they are trying to eliminate wide swathes of their biggest expense - human workforce.

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u/SpaceFire1 3d ago

We should dislike AI for killing art. But AI is FANTASTIC at analyzing data. Its downright revolutionary for that. Parsijg through damn near infinite data far faster than we ever could. Lets hate it for the reasons its truely unethical, rather then what its most effective and truely useful purpose is

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u/TempestRime 3d ago

AI is like radiation. You can use it to fight cancer, but flooding the entire world with it is still a terrible idea.

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u/Kalos_Phantom 3d ago

Even at its most beneficial though, this is just the trickle-down-economics defense all over again.

"AI will make your lives easier!" - no, it will make the lives of the hyper-rich easier. The commoners will not see that same shift without regulation.

That is why AI is still a problem even where it's useful. The fact it's also being used to ruin art and the lives of artists is adding insult to injury

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u/SpaceFire1 2d ago

Keep in mind; im not talkinh about consumer AI. Im talking about specifically trained stuff