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Sarah Andersen’s copyright case schedule gets extended by 3 months

Judge Orrick approved the plaintiffs’ motion for an amendment to the case schedule. The new schedule is: Looks like summary judgment motions won’t get resolved until the end of 2027 at the earliest.
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New York Times & News Plaintiffs ask Judge Stein to give “little weight” to view of United States on fair use and rejection of dilution theory

The New York Times and News Plaintiffs have filed today a response to the United States’ Statement of Interest in the OpenAI MDL Litigation that the government filed back on Sept. 1, 2026 (see below). The News Plaintiffs argue that Judge Stein should give “little weight” to the United States’ position, pointing in part to…
Read more: New York Times & News Plaintiffs ask Judge Stein to give “little weight” to view of United States on fair use and rejection of dilution theory
Kenjiro Tsuda v. TikTok. Tokyo District Court to decide alleged AI voice cloning of famous voice actor.

Interesting dispute in Tokyo District Court filed by famed voice actor Kenjiro Tsuda. He sued TikTok for alleged AI clones of his voice used in videos on TikTok, which reportedly are no longer available. The decision is expected on September 30. Here’s Tsuda speaking in a Netflix promo: More about the controversy:
Read more: Kenjiro Tsuda v. TikTok. Tokyo District Court to decide alleged AI voice cloning of famous voice actor.
Beaulier, Microsoft disagree on when court should consider class certification

The parties in Beaulier v. Microsoft filed their Joint Case Management Statement. Not surprisingly, Beaulier, the plaintiff, wants the court to consider class certification first. By contrast, Microsoft proposes to have that issue resolved after motions for summary judgment are filed. Regardless, under either schedule, we are talking about late 2028, at the earliest, for…
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CNN opposes Perplexity’s motion to dismiss copyright suit

CNN filed its opposition to Perplexity’s motion to dismiss. Excerpt: DOWNLOAD: Related Story:
Read more: CNN opposes Perplexity’s motion to dismiss copyright suit
NVIDIA releases Open Agent Safety Platform to stop rogue AI agents

NVIDIA just released an Open Agent Safety Platform to counter AI agents going rogue. NVIDIA calls it OpenShell and describes it as follows: “Learn how to place an AI agent you already run inside NVIDIA OpenShell without rewriting the agent or changing its harness. This tutorial shows how NVIDIA OpenShell creates a governed runtime boundary…
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After President’s Cup win for US in golf, Pres. Trump has dinner with Dario Amodei at 10 pm

A remarkable scene last night: Pres. Trump, fresh off watching the U.S. team pull off a comeback win at the President’s Cup, said he was having dinner with Dario Amodei whom Trump called “highly respected, from Anthropic.” Trump added: they’re “going to be big.” This comes after the D.C. Circuit just sided with the Department…
Read more: After President’s Cup win for US in golf, Pres. Trump has dinner with Dario Amodei at 10 pm
AI research paper by Timnit Gebru, Li Fei-Fei, along with its dataset, is at center of copyright suit by EVOX Productions. Was it fair use or will Stanford University be liable for copyright infringement?

One copyright case that has not received enough attention is EVOX Productions v. Stanford University. EVOX contends that its stock car images were included in 2 datasets compiled by Stanford researchers for AI research: (1) ImageNet and (2) a smaller “Stanford cars dataset.” Both datasets were allegedly posted by Stanford on webpages to share with…
Read more: AI research paper by Timnit Gebru, Li Fei-Fei, along with its dataset, is at center of copyright suit by EVOX Productions. Was it fair use or will Stanford University be liable for copyright infringement?
Greg Ip of WSJ on the unique challenges AI poses to regulation

Excellent analysis by Greg Ip of Wall Street Journal on the challenges posed by AI to regulation. “There is no historical template for a technology that is both immensely beneficial and deeply dangerous, freely accessible, fast-evolving and freighted with geopolitical significance,” writes Ip. I would put it this way: AI is a speech technology with…
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Anderson Cooper questions Jensen Huang if we really can expect companies to “stop” if unable to contain rogue AI

Interesting exchange between Anderson Cooper and Jensen Huang, who suggested that Anthropic and OpenAI should just “stop” and “not release” their model if they feel they cannot control rogue AI agents from their models. But Huang also said he’s not opposed to regulation, like Sarbanes-Oxley set standards for the financial sector. He also criticized the…
Read more: Anderson Cooper questions Jensen Huang if we really can expect companies to “stop” if unable to contain rogue AI
Pope Leo warns of human thought being replaced by AI

At a ceremony to celebrate the reopening of the restored Notre Dame Cathedral (from fire), Pope Leo XIV warned that human thought is being replaced by AI. The Pope also spoke on the same concerns about artificial intelligence at the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) headquarters in Paris.
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As AI agents do more, reported incidents of rogue AI grows. Updated Report.

The New York Times reported that OpenAI’s AI agents interacted with 3 U.S. government websites in suspicious ways (SEC, Dept. of Education, and Commerce). We’ve updated our Master Incident Report of Rogue AI to track it. Click below: We also included the speeches of Geoffrey Hinton and Yoshuo Bengio, two “godfathers of AI.”
Read more: As AI agents do more, reported incidents of rogue AI grows. Updated Report.
Judge Castel transfers Elsevier v. Meta to ND California. Likely to be related to Kadrey v. Meta.

Attorneys for Meta informed Judge Chabbria, who presides over the cluster of books cases led by Kadrey v. Meta, that Judge Castel granted Meta’s motion to transfer another books case, Elsevier v. Meta from the Southern District of New York to the ND California. Excerpt: * * * * * * DOWNLOAD JUDGE CASTEL’S ORDER:
Read more: Judge Castel transfers Elsevier v. Meta to ND California. Likely to be related to Kadrey v. Meta.
D.C. Circuit sides with Department of War in classifying Anthropic model as risk to national security per 41 U.S.C. § 4713. Contrary to decision on “supply chain risk” per 10 U.S.C. § 3252 by ND California court.

Well, there may be a reason Anthropic apparently was not invited to the State Dinner for China Pres. Xi Jinping. The company is still engaged in 2 lawsuits against the Department of War. Today, the D.C. Circuit, in a 2-1 decision, sided with the Department of War’s classification of Anthropic’s model as a risk to…
Read more: D.C. Circuit sides with Department of War in classifying Anthropic model as risk to national security per 41 U.S.C. § 4713. Contrary to decision on “supply chain risk” per 10 U.S.C. § 3252 by ND California court.
Plaintiffs in copyright shareholder derivative suit v. Adobe officers file Consolidated Complaint

The Plaintiffs SEIU Pension Plan Master Trust and Michael Hirschberger have filed their consolidated complaint against Adobe officers and directors in In re Adobe Inc. Stockholder Derivative Litigation. The suit is one of several now advancing the novel theory of corporate decisions in the face of copyright risks related to AI training provide the basis…
Read more: Plaintiffs in copyright shareholder derivative suit v. Adobe officers file Consolidated Complaint

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last updated Sept. 21, 2026. Current total = 145 suits in U.S.

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