Some claims in a novel lawsuit from a production company for Blade Runner 2049, accusing Tesla of feeding images from the movie into an artificial intelligence image generator to create unlicensed promotional materials and Warner Bros. Discovery of facilitating the alleged infringement, have been dismissed.

Tesla’s partnership with Warner Bros. Discovery to promote its robotaxi at a glitzy unveiling, which was done from a studio lot last year, sparked the lawsuit. At the presentation, Elon Musk reached the stage in what he called a “cybercab” before showing an image of a male figure wearing a trench coat who’s surveying the abandoned ruins of a city bathed in a misty, orange light. Alcon Entertainment , the production company, alleged that the image was intended to be understo

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