THE AMERICA ONE NEWS
Jun 1, 2025  |  
0
 | Remer,MN
Sponsor:  QWIKET 
Sponsor:  QWIKET 
Sponsor:  QWIKET: Elevate your fantasy game! Interactive Sports Knowledge.
Sponsor:  QWIKET: Elevate your fantasy game! Interactive Sports Knowledge and Reasoning Support for Fantasy Sports and Betting Enthusiasts.
back  
topic
National Post
National Post
22 Oct 2024


NextImg:'Blade Runner 2049' producers sue Musk over cybercab images

A film production company that helped make “Blade Runner 2049” has sued Tesla and its CEO Elon Musk for using an AI-generated image resembling a scene from the science fiction movie to market Tesla’s new robotaxis.

Alcon Entertainment said it refused all permissions but Tesla allegedly used artificial intelligence to “do it all anyway” when the carmaker unveiled its long-awaited robotaxi on Oct. 10 during a live-streamed event at a Warner Bros. studio lot in Burbank, California.

After pulling up to the stage in one of the company’s “Cybercabs,” Musk gave a speech that included a brief reference to the movie franchise. As he spoke, a screen showed an image of a man in a long coat looking over an orange-tinted ruined city. Alcon claims it resembles a key scene in which star Ryan Gosling arrives in Las Vegas.

Recommended from Editorial
  1. Republican presidential nominee former President Donald Trump hugs Elon Musk at a campaign rally at the Butler Farm Show, Saturday, Oct. 5, 2024, in Butler, Pa.
    Musk offers voters $1 million to sign petition backing the U.S. Constitution. Can that be legal?
  2. Tesla cars sit parked in a lot at the Tesla factory in Fremont, California. Tesla will unveil its long-awaited robotaxi at an event in Holywood on Thursday, Oct. 10.
    Experts skeptical Tesla’s self-driving taxis will be a safe way to travel
  3. The logo of Tesla car is pictured at the Paris Auto Show, in Paris, Monday, Oct. 14, 2024.
    U.S. to probe Tesla’s ’Full Self-Driving’ system after pedestrian killed in low visibility conditions

“I love Blade Runner, but I don’t know if we want that future,” Musk said. “I think we want that duster he’s wearing, but not the bleak apocalypse.”

A lawsuit filed by Alcon this week in a Southern California federal court alleges that defendants had previously asked permission to use images from the movie but Alcon “refused all permissions and adamantly objected.”