US EditionMidjourney's New Animation Tool Turns Images Into Short Videos - Here's How
NO LOC, JUN 18 – Midjourney's V1 video model animates still images into short clips at $10/month amid a copyright lawsuit filed by Disney and Universal accusing unauthorized use of protected characters.
- On June 18, 2025, Midjourney launched Version 1 of its AI video generation model, enabling users to animate images into five-second clips on its website.
- This launch came a week after Disney and NBCUniversal filed a copyright infringement lawsuit accusing Midjourney of using copyrighted characters without authorization.
- The video model produces four five-second videos per job, costs about eight times more than image generation, and offers a relax mode for Pro and Mega subscribers.
- Midjourney CEO David Holz described the model as a stepping stone toward real-time simulations and urged users to use the technology responsibly in a June 18 blog post.
- The launch marked Midjourney's shift toward multimedia content despite legal challenges that could influence AI firms' future training and content policies.
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Midjourney launches V1 AI video generation model right after Disney accuses it of plagiarism
Midjourney V1 is designed as an image-to-video model, allowing users to transform either their own uploaded pictures or the company's AI-generated images into short five-second video clips.
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Midjourney, the AI Company Being Sued by Disney and NBCU, Launches First Video-Generation Tool
Midjourney has released version 1 of its AI video model, coming a week after the start-up was targeted in a copyright-infringement lawsuit by Disney and NBCUniversal. At launch, Midjourney will charge about eight times more for a generative-AI video job than an image job; each job will produce four 5-second videos, the company said in […]
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