tl;dr. Artists are creating images of copyrighted Disney characters using artificial intelligence (AI) tools as a way to challenge the legal consensus that AI-g

tl;dr. Artists are creating images of copyrighted Disney characters using artificial intelligence (AI) tools as a way to challenge the legal consensus that AI-generated art is in the public domain and therefore not copyrighted. Eric Bourdages, Lead Character Artist on the video game Dead by Daylight, used the Midjourney AI tool to create Disney-inspired images and encouraged others to sell merchandise featuring them, arguing that the terms of service for the tool meant the images were not copyrighted and in the public domain. Bourdages later lost access to the Midjourney tool, but said the incident had sparked discussion around AI and the use of data.