Warner Bros. Discovery Blade Runner 2049 trailer still.
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Elon Musk, his car company tesla and warner bros discovery Tesla was sued on Monday for allegedly violating copyright by using artificial intelligence to image images from the movie “Blade Runner 2049” to promote its robotaxi concept.
According to a lawsuit filed by the film’s producer, Alcon Entertainment, billionaire Musk and other defendants allegedly shot “Blade Runner 2049” at an Oct. 10 event promoting CyberCab at Warner Bros. Discoveries. The company said it had requested permission to use the “iconic still image” of Studio lot in Burbank, California. That request was denied.
CyberCab is Tesla’s “private robotaxi” concept, which the company hopes to produce by 2027 and sell for less than $30,000.
The civil suit in Los Angeles federal court alleges that “Alcon denied all permits and steadfastly opposed any suggestion by Defendants of any connection between BR2049 and Tesla, Musk, or any Musk-owned company.” .
“The Defendants then used what was clearly an AI-generated fake image to do all of this,” according to the complaint, calling the defendants’ actions “economic theft on a grand scale.” There is.
During the CyberCab event, “this fake image” was displayed on the second presentation slide of the livestream for 11 seconds while Musk was speaking.
“For those 11 seconds, Mr. Musk awkwardly tried to explain to the audience why he was showing a photo of BR2049 when he was supposed to be talking about a new product,” the lawsuit says. “He really had no reason to be trusted.”
CNBC has reached out to Alcon and the defendants in the lawsuit, which was first reported by the New York Times, for comment. The lawsuit’s claims include copyright infringement and false endorsement.
The lawsuit notes that Alcon is currently in talks with other car brands about possible partnerships with the Blade Runner 2099 television series currently in production, and says the financial impact of the misappropriation is “substantial.” “It was,” he claims.
The lawsuit also points to a “problematic Mr. Musk” and that Alcon wants the “Blade Runner” sequel to be “in partnership with Musk, Tesla, or Musk.” states that there was not.
Elon Musk unveils Tesla CyberCab on October 10, 2024
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Alcon’s lawsuit states that “any prudent brand considering a partnership with Tesla must consider Mr. Musk’s highly amplified, highly politicized, capricious and arbitrary behavior, and at times his hate speech.” It may develop into.”
“A potential brand partnership with Tesla becomes even more problematic if, as in this case, companies and their executives do not actually agree with Mr. Musk’s extreme political and social views. ” the complaint states.
Musk is a major supporter of Donald Trump’s Republican presidential campaign and often makes inflammatory comments on his social media site, X.
For example, in March he spread unsubstantiated rumors via X that Haitian “cannibal hordes” were moving to the United States.
Last week, Musk promoted and debunked a false conspiracy about Dominion voting machines, which are used to count votes in federal and other elections.
Musk has been promising robotaxis to Tesla shareholders for more than a decade.
But Tesla has never built a vehicle that can be safely used without a human being available to steer or brake at any time.
