Hollywood Studios Sue Shanghai AI Firm for Copyright Infringement

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Disney, Universal Pictures and Warner Bros. Discovery have filed a lawsuit in California against Shanghai-based AI firm MiniMax. The lawsuit claims Minimax's app allows users to create AI-generated images and video of trademarked characters.

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00:00Three of the U.S.'s biggest entertainment companies are taking a Chinese AI company

00:04to court, accusing it of copyright infringement.

00:08Disney, Universal Pictures and Warner Bros. Discovery have filed a lawsuit in California

00:14against Shanghai-based Minimax.

00:16They say the company's app lets users type in prompts to make AI images and videos of

00:21copyrighted characters, such as Darth Vader from Star Wars or the Minions from Despicable

00:26Me.

00:27The latest in a wave of lawsuits by authors, news outlets and artists over how AI firms

00:33are using their intellectual property.

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