Warner Bros. Discovery is the latest legacy media company to challenge the use of its content in generative AI , filing suit against Midjourney , claiming that the company is engaged in the “theft” of its intellectual property.

With the lawsuit , filed in U.S. District Court in Los Angeles on Thursday, WBD is joining The Walt Disney Co. and NBCUniversal in challenging Midjourney’s use of their content.

WBD’s attorneys wrote in the lawsuit, “Midjourney thinks it is above the law. It sells a commercial subscription service, powered by artificial intelligence technology, that was developed using illegal copies of Warner Bros. Discovery’s copyrighted works. The Service lets subscribers pick iconic Warner Bros. Discovery copyrighted characters and then reproduces, publicly displays and

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