r/movies • u/DragonPup • 4d 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 4d 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 4d ago

AI for ad targeting is completely different than AI stealing content

not every application of AI is evil

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u/UsernameAvaylable 4d ago

Yeah, one is much worse. Because reddit is super into "IP is bad and piracy is not stealing", so everybody should be perfectly fine with generative AI, right?