The Latest Breaking News from David Holz

Major Hollywood studio sues AI generator Midjourney over copyright theft of iconic characters

The legal action marks the third major Hollywood studio to pursue Midjourney in Los Angeles federal court

The Independent UK · Sep 5, 2025

Midjourney video generation is here — but there's a problem holding it back

A big change comes to Midjourney with a whole new video system

Tom’s Guide · Jun 19, 2025

Disney and Universal sue AI firm Midjourney for copyright infringement

The two Hollywood studios called Midjourney a “bottomless pit of plagiarism”.

Euronews · Jun 12, 2025

Midjourney is the latest AI platform to ban Trump and Biden prompts

We're already mourning the memes.

Creative Bloq · Mar 17, 2024

Midjourney didn’t flinch at fake Trump images, but platform abuse motivated free trial halt

Midjourney recently halted free trials for its image generator, but not because of the Donald Trump deepfakes circulating online.

TechRadar · Mar 30, 2023

AI image generator Midjourney halts free trials over viral deepfakes — what you need to know

Midjourney has halted free trials of its service after a series of deepfaked AI images went viral online.

Tom’s Guide · Mar 30, 2023

What is Midjourney? A.I. tool behind deepfake Pope in a puffer jacket

The small 11-person team around founder David Holz just released the fifth version of its A.I. image-generating software, promptly landing a deepfake hit.

Fortune · Mar 28, 2023

A closer look at the A.I. apps taking over social media

A.I. image generators have proliferated across Silicon Valley and have gone viral across social media.

Fortune · Jan 17, 2023

Synthetic futures: my journey into the emotional, poetic world of AI art making

Generative art making is flourishing. Algorithms that turn text prompts into images, such as DALL-E and Stable Diffusion, are emerging as viable creative tools. And they’re fuelling much debate about their artistic legitimacy and potential to pinch our jobs.

The Conversation · Oct 9, 2022