‘Wall-with a gun’: Midjourney generates videos of Disney characters in the huge copyright suit

The new Midjourney that was created Video tool Animated clips features of Disney and Universal Publishing Rights, including WIRED-including video of the granular Pixar Pixar, who carries a pistol, will be produced.

It was a crowded month for Midjourney. This week, artificial intelligence starts Absolute The new advanced video tool, V1, which allows users to provide short animated clips from the images they create or download. The current version of the AI ​​Midjourney Video tool requires a picture as a starting point; Video clips are not supported using text claims only.

The V1 version comes in the wake of a completely different type of announcement earlier in June: The Disney giant and Universal presented a Short lawsuit Against Midjourney, claiming that it violates the law of copyright by creating images with the intellectual property of studios.

Midjourney did not immediately respond to the suspension requests. Disney and Universal reiterated the data made by its executive directors on the lawsuit, including Disney Legal President Hurasio Guterres claiming that Medjorn’s production reaches “piracy”.

It seems that Midjourney may have tried to put some video handrails for V1. In our test, he banned animation from claims based on Frozen‘ When WIRED V1 asked to move photos from Elsa, prevent “AI Moderator” to demand the creation of videos. “The moderation family caution with realistic videos, especially people,” read the popup.

These restrictions, which appear to be handrails, are incomplete. The wired test shows that V1 will generate animation of a wide range of international characters and Disney, including Homer Simpson, partner, disciples, Deadpool, and Star Wars‘ For example, when a picture of a banana is required, Midjourney created four outputs with recognized versions of gentle yellow characters. After that, when we click Wire on the “Moving” button on one of the outputs, Midjourney created a video of follow-up with the characters who take a banana-everything.

Although Midjourney seems to prevent some Disney and Universal claims for videos, WIRED can sometimes circumvent potential handrails during tests using spelling differences or repeat the claim. Midjourney also allows users to provide a guided animation. Using this feature, WIRED managed to create clips of copyrights that act in adult methods, such as Wall-E waving a firearm and a detailed smoking and a detailed smoking.

Disney and Universal’s suit is a major threat to Midjourney, who also faces Additional legal challenges from Basre artists Those who claim to violate copyright as well. Although it has greatly focused on providing examples of MIDJOURNEY image generation tools, the complaint claims that the video “will only enhance the Midjourney’s ability to distribute the completed copies, copies and derivatives of prosecutors of copyright.”

The complaint includes dozens of alleged Midjourney images that display universal and Disney characters. The group was initially produced as part of a report on the so -called “visual plagiarism problem” from Midjourney Artificial intelligence and cognitive scientist Gary Marcus And the visual artist Red South.

“I and I have indicated this problem 18 months ago, and there was very little progress and very little change,” says Marcos. “We still have the same position for the unlicensed materials that are used, and the railtones that work a little but not good. Despite all the talk about si -progress in artificial intelligence, what we get is better graphics, and not a key solution to this problem.”