ChatGPT is eating the world

Subscribe to our Free substack Newsletter

Latest Articles

Anthropic adds watermark to Claude-generated content

As a part of following the EU AI Act transparency rules, Anthropic rolled out invisible watermarking in Claude generated texts and file outputs from August 2, 2026. Here’s part of Anthropic’s announcement: Anthropic has signed the EU AI Act’s Article 50(2) Code of Practice on Transparency of AI-Generated Content, as a provider of both generative…
Read more: Anthropic adds watermark to Claude-generated content
Judge Chhabria grants Meta additional discovery re: Kadrey’s contributory infringement claim in FACC

Judge Chhabria just granted Meta’s request for additional discovery related to the new claim for contributory infringement that the Kadrey book authors added in their First Amended Consolidated Complaint. The order states: “Meta’s motion for leave to serve discovery is granted. From the materials submitted by the parties (including the sample RFPs and interrogatories), Meta’s…
Read more: Judge Chhabria grants Meta additional discovery re: Kadrey’s contributory infringement claim in FACC
After dismissal, Google adds new allegations to shore up DMCA claim v. SerpApi

Google filed its First Amended Complaint against SerpApi in a case involving scraping and a DMCA anti-circumvention claim. To address Judge Gonzalez Rogers’ dismissal of the original complaint, Google added the following allegations in its First Amended Complaint: We shall see if these additional allegations are sufficient to withstand another motion to dismiss.
Read more: After dismissal, Google adds new allegations to shore up DMCA claim v. SerpApi
Meta becomes the heavyweight in US open-weight models

Mark Zuckerberg announced the release of Muse Glimmer as an open-weight model and soon Muse Spark 1.2 as well Meta had originally released its LLaMa models as open-weight models, but appeared to shift to close models to compete with OpenAI and Anthropic. But today’s announcement signals a shift back to open weight models. This is…
Read more: Meta becomes the heavyweight in US open-weight models
Quizlet wins summary judgment: it did not engage in volitional conduct in how users used app; falls within DMCA safe harbor

The Barkley & Associates v. Quizlet case has flown under the radar. But Judge Hsu issued an important summary judgment ruling back in July. The parties Barkley “is a continuing education publisher that provides test-preparation materials for graduate nursing students studying to become certified nurse practitioners.” Quizlet develops an app for people to study, such…
Read more: Quizlet wins summary judgment: it did not engage in volitional conduct in how users used app; falls within DMCA safe harbor
Latest US Map of Copyright Suits v. AI companies. Total = 131

Here’s the latest U.S. map of all copyright suits v. AI companies. We added 2 new lawsuits: Judge Ellis granted Uncharted Labs’ motion to transfer the case Woulard v. Uncharted Labs from Illinois to the SDNY, so we moved that case to SDNY with a judge assignment pending. We also indicated in red the voluntary…
Read more: Latest US Map of Copyright Suits v. AI companies. Total = 131
Launch of BIPA Case Tracker, and Web Scraping & AI Agents Case Tracker

To add to our portfolio of AI-related case trackers, we are launching today 2 new case trackers: We now have 6 AI case trackers. The other 4 trackers are below. You can find the links on the homepage and scrolling down. Looks like we’ve run out of AI cases to track.
Read more: Launch of BIPA Case Tracker, and Web Scraping & AI Agents Case Tracker
Udio wins transfer of Woulard’s lawsuit to SDNY

Judge Sara Ellis just granted Uncharted Labs dba Udio’s motion to transfer. The lawsuit filed in the Northern District of Illinois will be transferred to the Southern District of New York. Three other lawsuits against Udio are already there: THE COURT’S ORDER OF TRANSFER:
Read more: Udio wins transfer of Woulard’s lawsuit to SDNY
Should Mark Zuckerberg be deposed again in book author cases related to Kadrey? Meta says no.

Judge Chhabria has already said he thinks the other book author-publisher plaintiffs (Entrepreneur Media, Chicken Soup for the Soul, Cambronne, and Cognella) in the subsequent but related cases to Kadrey v. Meta should get a chance to depose Mark Zuckerberg, CEO of Meta. But he said Meta can file its motion to prevent another deposition.…
Read more: Should Mark Zuckerberg be deposed again in book author cases related to Kadrey? Meta says no.
Judge Stein denies News Plaintiffs leave to add new contributory infringement claim v. Microsoft. News Plaintiffs, Ziff Davis already abandoned contributory infringement claim foreclosed by Cox Communications.

In the In re OpenAI Copyright Infringement Litigation, Judge Stein issued two separate but similar rulings. They stem from the plaintiffs’ voluntary dismissal of their material-contribution theory of contributory infringement after the Supreme Court’s decision in Cox Communications v. Sony Music Entertainment, as well as their trademark dilution claim. Ruling on News Plaintiffs’ Motion for…
Read more: Judge Stein denies News Plaintiffs leave to add new contributory infringement claim v. Microsoft. News Plaintiffs, Ziff Davis already abandoned contributory infringement claim foreclosed by Cox Communications.
UMG Recordings asks to dismiss American Federation of Musicians’ complaint as foreclosed by the Sound Recording Labor Agreement

Fascinating dispute between the music labels and the American Federation of Musicians of the United States and Canada over whether the musicians are entitled to compensation from the settlements struck thus far with AI companies. UMG Recordings says no based on the provisions of the Sound Recording Labor Agreement, at least UMG’s interpretation. Excerpt: DOWNLOAD…
Read more: UMG Recordings asks to dismiss American Federation of Musicians’ complaint as foreclosed by the Sound Recording Labor Agreement
Judge Tigar asks for briefing on appeal of discovery order on scope of discovery re: datasets NVIDIA downloaded

Judge Tigar ordered the parties to file supplemental, 5-page briefs on the Plaintiff Nazemian’s appeal of Magistrate Kim’s ruling that NVIDIA did not have to divulge datasets it downloaded after July 1, 2024. Judge Tigar’s Order for Supplemental Briefing:
Read more: Judge Tigar asks for briefing on appeal of discovery order on scope of discovery re: datasets NVIDIA downloaded
H.M. Wolfe’s Daggermouth debuts at No. 1 on NYT Bestseller List after Will Oremus’s article on Prof. Tuhin Chakrabarty’s study alleging book was partly AI-generated. Wolfe denies it. Should The Atlantic retract the article?

Given H.M. Wolfe’s Daggermouth‘s meteoric success first as a self-published novel, it should come as no surprise that it debuted this week at No. 1 on the New York Times bestseller list with its publication by Scarlett Press, an imprint of Simon & Schuster. I even bought a copy of the book! I bought the…
Read more: H.M. Wolfe’s Daggermouth debuts at No. 1 on NYT Bestseller List after Will Oremus’s article on Prof. Tuhin Chakrabarty’s study alleging book was partly AI-generated. Wolfe denies it. Should The Atlantic retract the article?
Anthropic seeks to dismiss output infringement claim and DMCA CMI claim in Concord Music II

Simultaneous with Dario Amodei’s motion to dismiss, Anthropic filed one too. Anthropic seeks to dismiss Concord Music II’s output infringement claim and DMCA CMI claim. Excerpt: DOWNLOAD:
Read more: Anthropic seeks to dismiss output infringement claim and DMCA CMI claim in Concord Music II
Dario Amodei seeks dismissal of direct infringement claim due to failure to allege he engaged in infringement

Dario Amodei, through his personal lawyers, is seeking to dismiss Concord Music II’s direct copyright infringement against him. Concord Music’s complaint’s allegations do not allege that Amodei personally engaged in acts of direct infringement. Instead, they merely describe what would fall within potentially contributory infringement. Excerpt: DOWNLOAD:
Read more: Dario Amodei seeks dismissal of direct infringement claim due to failure to allege he engaged in infringement

AI Copyright Case Tracker

AI Authorship Tracker

AI Tort Lawsuit Tracker

AI Data Center Lawsuits Tracker

AI Copyright Case Tracker

Case Briefing We Track

Appeals

Summary Judgment

Master List of Lawsuits v. AI

last updated Dec. 5, 2025.

US Map of Copyright Suits v. AI

last updated Aug. 10, 2026. Current total = 131 suits in U.S.

Copyright Dilution Under Constitutional Scrutiny

Fair Use and the Origin of AI Training

World Map of Copyright Lawsuits v. AI

last updated April 5, 2026. Current total = 130 copyright suits = 100 in U.S. + 30 in rest of world. (When updated, the current total = 143 = 113 in U.S. + 30 in rest of the world.)

Infographic of AI companies sued

In need of updating TBA

Status of Copyright Lawsuits v. AI

The Shadow Library Strategy

Master Chart of Claims in Cases

Last updated Mar. 31, 2026

Opinion: How courts should analyze authorship with AI

US Copyright Office registers copyright of AI-generated image

Featured Articles