Discovery—a distributor of “Blade Runner 2049,” which also hosted Tesla’s “robotaxi” announcement on its Burbank, California lot—as defendants. Alcon alleged Musk and Tesla had ...

the image Musk used in the Tesla Robotaxi event appears to have been generated by AI based on official stills from “Blade Runner 2049” or “some closely equivalent input direction.” ...

The lawsuit accuses Musk of creating AI-generated promotional materials to promote Tesla's cybercab robotaxi. By Winston Cho A production company for Blade Runner 2049 has sued Tesla, which ...

Blade Runner 2049 was a sequel to the original film ... Robot director Alex Proyas also posted side by side images of his movie and Tesla robotaxi event images, saying “Hey Elon, Can I have ...

Today, Alcon Entertainment — an LA-based production company behind Blade Runner 2049 — filed a lawsuit against Tesla, Elon Musk, and Warner Bros. Discovery alleging that an AI image generator ...

The lawsuit was filed against Tesla in the Los Angeles District Court, alleging that when Musk requested to use Blade Runner-inspired visualizations at the Robotaxi reveal, that request was denied.

for what it claims is "massive economic theft" after Musk used what looked like an AI-generated image reminiscent of Blade Runner 2049 to promote Tesla's new self-driving car, the Robotaxi.

The false-endorsement claim is bolstered by Musk’s comments during the Tesla Robotaxi event. “You know, I love ‘Blade Runner,’ but I don’t know if we want that future,” he said ...

However, WBD didn’t have full licensing rights for the movie, so when Musk asked WBD if he could associate the robotaxi with Blade Runner 2049, WBD reached out to Alcon for permission.

“You know, I love Blade Runner, but I don’t know if we want ... bad-faith and intentionally malicious gambit” to make the robotaxi event “more attractive to a global audience and to ...

Alcon Entertainment, the Hollywood company behind “Blade Runner 2049,” said it had ... imagery from that film to promote Tesla’s new “robotaxi.” Alcon Entertainment, a movie and ...

the movie’s distributor that hosted Musk’s robotaxi event. Warner Bros. Discovery didn’t immediately respond to a request for comment. Alcon, which is working on a spinoff “Blade Runner ...