Disney and Universal sue AI company Midjourney

迪士尼和环球影城起诉人工智能公司Midjourney

Business Matters

2025-06-12

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Disney and Universal are suing AI photo generation company Midjourney alleging its popular image generator had become a "bottomless pit of plagiarism". Rahul Tandon finds out how likely the lawsuit is to be successful. Also, can we expect peace between the US and China in their crucial trade war as both sides say they have agreed on a "framework" for a deal? We find out why the new LinkedIn data reveals that the rate of women being hired into leadership has dropped for the third year in a row. And we hear how tensions between President Donald Trump and Elon Musk might be affecting investors. You can contact us on WhatsApp or send us a voicenote: +44 330 678 3033.
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  • and this is Business Matters here on the BBC World Service.

  • Today we're live in Hong Kong and the United States,

  • and we're talking about a landmark case involving Disney and Universal and AI.

  • These are the first Hollywood players to take on this issue of copyright having to do with AI.

  • You know, this AI issue has festered for really a couple of years now.

  • And Donald Trump says he'll tell countries what their unilateral tariffs will be.

  • very soon.

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  • two weeks, to countries telling them what the deal is.

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  • Brian Wilson from the Beach Boys.

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