So Hollywood is finally making a move to try to protect intellectual property from generative AI. Disney and Universal have together filed a lawsuit against Midjourney, the company behind one of the most popular AI image generators, over rip offs of characters and art styles from the likes of The Simpsons and Star Wars.

The AI firm is facing a legal battle with two of Hollywood's biggest giants. They describe what Midjourney is doing as plagiarism, by creating "innumerable" copies of their famous characters without permission.

Disney and Universal are suing AI photo generation company Midjourney, marking the first major legal showdown between Hollywood studios and an artificial intelligence company.