Warner Bros. Discovery has filed a lawsuit against the prominent artificial intelligence image generator Midjourney, accusing it of mass copyright infringement. Winston Cho reports for The Hollywood Reporter that the complaint alleges Midjourney built its business by illegally using the studio’s movies and TV shows to train its AI system. Warner Bros. Discovery claims the …
The generative AI consumer app ecosystem is beginning to stabilize after years of rapid change, according to new data from venture capital firm Andreessen Horowitz. The firm’s fifth edition of its Top 100 Gen AI Consumer Apps ranking shows only 11 new entries on the web list, down from 17 newcomers in March 2025. Google …
Not long ago, generating an image with AI was mostly a technological novelty. It was a nice party trick with limited practical use. As of 2025, that has changed. AI image generation has evolved into a practical tool for marketing professionals. From unique visuals for social media campaigns to website assets and conceptual product shots: …
Midjourney has released its first AI video model, allowing users to animate still images into short video clips. The company announced the launch of its V1 Video Model to nearly 20 million users worldwide. The new feature works through an “Image-to-Video” workflow. Users create or upload an image, then press an “Animate” button to generate …
Midjourney, primarily known for AI image generation, has released new research in collaboration with New York University on training large language models to produce more creative text. Carl Franzen reports for VentureBeat that the research introduces two new techniques: Diversified Direct Preference Optimization (DDPO) and Diversified Odds Ratio Preference Optimization (DORPO). These methods encourage LLMs …
Midjourney has released V7 Alpha, its first new AI image generation model in nearly a year, featuring voice prompting capabilities and a faster draft mode. The launch comes a week after OpenAI debuted a new image generator in ChatGPT that quickly gained popularity. According to Midjourney CEO David Holz, V7 represents a “totally different architecture” …
Midjourney has introduced new personalization features to its AI image generation platform, including Pinterest-style moodboards and multiple custom model profiles. According to Carl Franzen at VentureBeat, these updates aim to enhance creative workflows for the platform’s 19 million users. The moodboard feature allows users to upload collections of inspirational images that influence the AI’s output …
Midjourney has launched Patchwork, a new web-based collaborative worldbuilding platform for creative storytelling. According to Carl Franzen’s report in VentureBeat, the tool allows multiple users to create and develop digital worlds together in real-time. Max Kreminski, leader of Midjourney’s Storytelling Lab, demonstrated how users can generate characters, events, places, and AI-generated images on an infinite …
AI image generator Midjourney has introduced a new AI image editor that allows users to directly edit and style uploaded images. As Carl Franzen reports for VentureBeat, users can use the new “Edit” feature to turn vintage photos into anime-style images, for example, or turn hand drawings into full-fledged works of art in a matter …
Until now, image generators like Midjourney have not been very helpful if you wanted to use a specific, fictitious person in several images. However, such consistency is essential for many applications. Think of comics or marketing materials. With Stable Diffusion, this can be solved with LoRAs. However, the technical effort is not trivial. Another option …