The lawsuit alleges that Midjourney's AI image- and video-generation technologies "blatantly incorporate and copy Disney's and Universal's famous characters," like Yoda, Shrek and Marvel superheroes.

The two Hollywood powerhouses filed a lawsuit against Midjourney, a popular AI image generator, for allegedly stealing “countless” copyrighted works.

Disney and Universal just sued Midjourney for scraping their IP—ushering in a major showdown over how AI is trained.