Blade Runner 2049 producers sue Elon Musk over cybercab images

Alcon Entertainment says it denied a request to use material from the film at the Tesla cybercab event.

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Production firm Alcon Entertainment claims it had specifically denied a request from Warner Bros to use material from the film at the launch event for Tesla's long-awaited robotaxi.

Alcon alleges that despite its refusal Tesla and the other organisers of the event on 10 October used artificial intelligence (AI) to create promotional imagery based on the film.

Tesla and Warner Bros did not immediately reply to requests for comment from BBC News.

The “financial magnitude of the misappropriation here was substantial," the lawsuit said.

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