The at-times blunt lawsuit doesn’t mince words, arguing that Midjourney is a “bottomless pit of plagiarism.” The complaint claims Midjourney effectively raided the studios l

The lawsuit, filed in U.S. District Court in Los Angeles, claims the AI company Midjourney generates images that “blatantly incorporate and copy” the movie studios’ famous characters.

Walt Disney and Comcast’s NBCUniversal have sued artificial intelligence company Midjourney, accusing the image generator of copying their copyrighted characters without permission. The studios are seeking a preliminary injunction to block Midjourney from using their intellectual property.

The platform, which operates primarily through Discord and its website, trains its models using a massive trove of online imagessome of which belong to companies like Disney and Comcast. The AI community argues this practice falls under fair use,