Warner Bros. is suing the AI company Midjourney for copyright infringement. The lawsuit claims Midjourney allows users to create AI-generated images and videos of copyrighted characters like Superman and Bugs Bunny.

The lawsuit was filed as a growing contingent of Hollywood steps into the fight over generative artificial intelligence.

Warner Bros. Discovery is suing AI image generation company Midjourney for breaking copyright by returning images

It certainly makes a hell of a pitch for Midjourney’s ability to spit out images of Warner Bros. Discovery’s iconic characters. WBD’s lawyers absolutely filled their filing with pictures of DC Comics characters,

Three months after Disney and Universal sued AI image generator Midjourney for copyright infringement, Warner Bros Discovery has joined the fight. The media giant has launched its own lawsuit against Midjourney, accusing it of "brazenly dispens [ing] Warner Bros Discovery's intellectual property as if it were its own."

Warner Bros. Discovery, joining Disney and Universal Pictures, accused AI firm Midjourney of 'blatantly and purposefully infringing [our] copyrighted works.'

Midjourney is one of the most popular AI image generators, allowing anyone to create AI images and video clips with simple text prompts. The lawsuit covers Warner Bros. Entertainment and its subsidiaries, including DC Comics, The Cartoon Network and Hanna-Barbera Productions.

The outcome of the Warner Bros. Discovery suit against Midjourney could have an major impact on the rest of the AI industry. Here's why.