
As part of an ongoing legal dispute with three Hollywood studios, Midjourney is seeking to compel those studios to reveal how they use AI themselves.
Will the Midjourney vs. Hollywood studios case produce a new court filing by July 31, 2026?
Resolves by Jul 31, 2026
An AI startup is currently in a legal dispute with three Hollywood studios over copyright infringement allegations. The startup claims that training its AI models on copyrighted images falls under fair use, while the studios argue the startup should stop using their intellectual property without authorization. In its latest legal filing, the startup is seeking to force the studios to disclose all details of their own internal AI usage, arguing that the studios may be using similar techniques themselves and should not be allowed to selectively hide certain documents from the discovery process.

Alibaba has reportedly classified Claude Code as high-risk software.

Fanfiction communities are trying to hunt down writers who haven’t written works with their own hands. | Image: Álvaro Bernis / The Verge Over the past week, a new fanworks movement has kicked off, with the aim to root out authors using generative AI. But the detection methods being implemented are questionable, and any fanfic writer could be caught in the crossfire. Broad distaste around the use of Claude, ChatGPT, and other AI tools has long been a thing in creative communitie

During negotiations on Wednesday, employees voiced frustrations with what they consider an unwillingness among executives to engage meaningfully with the prospect of unionization.
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