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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