Alcon Entertainment said it refused all permissions but Tesla apparently used artificial intelligence to “do it all anyway.”

When Elon Musk introduced Tesla's robotaxi, the Cybercab, earlier this month, he showed a slide during his presentation that probably looked familiar to Blade Runner 2049 fans. It featured the back of a person wearing a trench coat against a desert-like landscape with high-rise buildings in the background.

Elon Musk, named as a defendant in a copyright-infringement lawsuit filed by the production company behind sci-fi movie “Blade Runner 2049,” had a three-word response to the litigation. “That movie sucked,