The post Musk wants suit over Tesla’s use of AI-generated ‘Blade Runner’ imagery dropped appeared on BitcoinEthereumNews.com.

Elon Musk’s lawyers plan to ask the court to drop a case against him and his company. The case claims that Musk, who leads Tesla, used AI-created images that violate copyright and look like “Blade Runner” at a Tesla press event. The filing shows that both Musk and Tesla are named as defendants in the suit. The filing was filed to the U.S. District Court Central District of California, Western Division late Tuesday, whereby attorneys for Musk said that both Musk and Tesla will move to dismiss all claims for relief with prejudice. Musk is pushing to dismiss a suit claiming Tesla used AI-generated ‘Blade Runner’ imagery without consent. This case highlights a troubling trend: big names exploiting creatives’ work while skirting proper compensation. If this goes unchecked, what’s left of creativity in tech? pic.twitter.com/FNrRRlUbLU — Pablo Carmona Esparza (@pblcrmn) February 5, 2025 “With prejudice” means that a case is dropped forever and can’t be brought back to court. On the other hand, the filing shows that the plaintiff in the suit, Alcon Entertainment, intends to oppose the motion. Where it all began In October 2024, Alcon, the company that made the 2017 movie Blade Runner 2049, sued Musk, Tesla, and Warner Bros. Discovery (WBD). They said that Musk and the others intentionally ignored their intellectual property rights. Alcon’s lawsuit says that Musk and WBD requested to use images from “Blade Runner 2049” to promote Tesla’s new concept cars. This was just hours before the cars were revealed on a Warner studio lot.  When Alcon refused to give the rights through WBD, the lawsuit claims that Tesla, following Musk’s orders, got that footage to recreate it using an AI model. Musk displayed what he claimed were fake “Blade Runner” images during the event while discussing the movie. In addition, Alcon…

---

Filed under: News - @ February 5, 2025 7:25 pm