Walt Disney and Universal Studios have filed a federal copyright lawsuit against artificial intelligence image generator Midjourney, marking the first major legal action by Hollywood studios against an AI company.

"Piracy is piracy," says Disney's chief legal officer, as the studios aim to show that tools allowing personalized AI slop creations of characters like Darth Vader or Shrek run afoul of their IP.

Basically, Disney and Universal don’t like that Midjourney allows users to generate content using their intellectual property. “If a Midjourney subscriber submits a simple text prompt requesting an image of the character Darth Vader in a particular setting or doing a particular action,