Philippines-based artist Elmer Saflor has filed a copyright infringement lawsuit against Memes Apps, Gizmodo reports. The complaint alleges that Memes Apps offered customers a Saflor
comic, “Running Away Balloon,” as a template for ads via its paid AI service without permission. Saflor said he hopes to raise “broader questions about how AI-powered platforms use creators’ work, what licensing obligations they may have, and how
copyright law applies when viral Internet culture becomes a commercial product.”