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IS, ETR:WDP) and NBCUniversal have filed a joint lawsuit against AI image generator Midjourney, accusing the company of using their copyrighted material without permission to train its software and produce unauthorised images of well-known characters. In a case brought before a federal court in California, the entertainment giants claim that Midjourney's platform hosts and creates thousands of images that infringe on protected intellectual property.