A UK High Court judge ruled Stability AI liable for trademark infringement after it spat out synthetic Getty watermarks. Getty called for tougher laws while Both sides now face a precedent that AI models can still trigger trademark penalties even when copyright claims fizzle.

Warner Bros. Discovery sued Midjourney in Los Angeles federal court, arguing the image generator ignored takedown notices and "brazenly" outputs Batman, Superman, Scooby-Doo, and other franchises it allegedly trained on without a license. The studio wants statutory damages up to $150,000 per infringed work plus an injunction forcing Midjourney to purge its models of the data.

After the Air India 171 crash, synthetic images and AI-generated claims spread widely, confusing even experts.

Google paused Gemini’s image generation of people after it produced inaccurate historical depictions and odd refusals.