Disney and Universal just sued Midjourney for scraping their IP—ushering in a major showdown over how AI is trained.

Disney and Universal are the first major Hollywood studios to file copyright infringement lawsuits against AI companies, marking a pivotal moment in the ongoing fight by artists, newspapers and content makers to stop AI firms from using their work as training data.

Disney and NBCUniversal joined legal teams against AI image maker Midjourney over multiple claims of copyright infringement.