Midjourney's new AI video tool, V1, despite some apparent guardrails, generates animated clips featuring copyrighted Disney and Universal characters. While it blocks some prompts, workarounds allow creation of videos depicting characters like Wall-E with a gun or Yoda smoking, fueling an ongoing copyright lawsuit against Midjourney by Disney and Universal. The lawsuit alleges copyright infringement and claims Midjourney's video capabilities exacerbate the issue. Critics highlight the lack of substantial progress in addressing the underlying problem of unlicensed material usage.

Prepared by Jonathan Pierce and reviewed by editorial team.