Midjourney wants Hollywood studios to reveal the details of their AI usage

In an ongoing copyright dispute, the AI startup Midjourney is challenging a court ruling that limited the discovery of internal AI documents from Disney, Universal, and Warner Bros. Midjourney argues that the studios should be required to disclose all their internal AI development practices, including those used for storyboarding and ideation. The startup contends that this evidence would demonstrate that using unlicensed content to train AI is an industry-wide custom, potentially supporting their fair use defense. The studios have countered that this request is an overreaching 'fishing expedition' and insist their primary goal is to prevent the unauthorized use of their intellectual property.

(Source：TechCrunch)