Midjourney is pushing to expose how Disney, Universal and Warner Bros. use artificial intelligence internally, as the AI image generator fights a major copyright lawsuit filed by the studios. Gene Maddaus reports for Variety. The studios sued Midjourney last year, alleging massive infringement of their copyrighted characters. Midjourney has responded with a fair use defense, …
ChatGPT remains the dominant consumer AI product globally, but competitors are gaining ground fast. Olivia Moore writes for Andreessen Horowitz that ChatGPT now reaches 900 million weekly active users, up by 500 million over the past year, meaning more than 10 percent of the global population uses the tool every week. Despite that lead, Google’s …
Indonesia’s film industry is rapidly adopting generative AI tools to create high-quality productions at a fraction of traditional costs. Filmmakers use technologies like Sora, Runway, Midjourney, and ChatGPT to streamline labor-intensive tasks, Linda Yulisman reports for Rest of World. The country’s film sector generated over $400 million in box office sales in 2023, making it …
Filmmaker Josh Kerrigan has created a successful sci-fi web series called Neural Viz using a variety of generative artificial intelligence tools. Christopher Beam reports for Wired that the project is considered one of the first examples of high-quality AI filmmaking. The series stands out in a field often associated with low-effort content. Kerrigan’s project, known …
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” …