Overview

• Universal Pictures has rolled out end-credit language on recent films stating they “may not be used to train AI” and warning of civil liability and criminal prosecution for unauthorized duplication.
• The disclaimer appears on recent releases including How to Train Your Dragon, Jurassic World Rebirth and The Bad Guys 2.
• It invokes US intellectual property laws alongside a 2019 EU copyright directive that lets creators opt out of AI training uses in scientific research.
• The studio says global insertion of these notices provides an extra legal barrier against unlicensed data mining by generative AI tools.
• The measure supports Universal’s co-litigation with Disney against AI startup Midjourney described in court filings as a “bottomless pit of plagiarism.”