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Has China outflanked the U.S. in global AI arms race? What the Kimi Moment suggests.

China’s ambition to be the world leader in AI is no secret. China announced these ambitions as early as 2018 in its “Next Generation Artificial Intelligence Development Plan.” It’s now clear how far China has come. Just this past week, China hosted the World Artificial Intelligence Conference (WAIC) in Shanghai, with much fanfare. The global…
Read more: Has China outflanked the U.S. in global AI arms race? What the Kimi Moment suggests.
Judge Gonzalez Rogers dismisses Google’s DMCA anti-circumvention claim v. SerpApi for alleged circumvention of SearchGuard v. scraping Google results

Judge Gonzalez Rogers just dismissed Google’s DMCA anti-circumvention claim against SerpApi for allegedly circumventing Google’s SearchGuard “challenge” to prevent SerpApi from scraping Google search results. The decision is nuanced. First, the Judge dismissed with prejudice Google’s claim “as a matter of law to the extent that they are premised on instances where SearchGuard controls access…
Read more: Judge Gonzalez Rogers dismisses Google’s DMCA anti-circumvention claim v. SerpApi for alleged circumvention of SearchGuard v. scraping Google results
Judge Martínez-Olguín approves historic Bartz v. Anthropic Class Action settlement but reduces attorneys’ fee award to $101,561,111 instead of $187,500,000 sought

Judge Araceli Martínez-Olguín just issued the final approval of the historic $1.5 billion class action settlement in Bartz v. Anthropic. The Judge approved the settlement but reduced the attorneys’ fee award from the requested $187.5 million to $101,561,111. Instead of the “a multiplier of 6.92 on Class Counsel’s estimated lodestar of $27,082,963” sought by Class…
Read more: Judge Martínez-Olguín approves historic Bartz v. Anthropic Class Action settlement but reduces attorneys’ fee award to $101,561,111 instead of $187,500,000 sought
After Judge Hellerstein denies leave to amend to add 30,000 songs to case, Sony Music turns around and files a 2d lawsuit v. Udio alleging 30,000 songs infringed

Sony Music Entertainment just sued Uncharted Labs d/b/a Udio in a second copyright lawsuit to allege Udio infringed 30,000+ additional songs. The second lawsuit comes less than a month after Judge Hellerstein denied Sony leave to amend the complaint to add those 30,000+ additional songs. See his Order below: This strategy is similar to the…
Read more: After Judge Hellerstein denies leave to amend to add 30,000 songs to case, Sony Music turns around and files a 2d lawsuit v. Udio alleging 30,000 songs infringed
Alliance for a Better Utah v. Kevin O’Leary, FOX News. Mr. Wonderful sued for alleged defamation in attacking opposition to his planned data center

Kevin O’Leary aka “Mr. Wonderful” from Shark Tank and FOX News were sued for defamation. The suit stems from comments O’Leary made on FOX News to attack the opponents of his planned data center in Utah. The complaint filed by the Alliance for a Better Utah alleges that O’Leary attacked them as “proxies for the…
Read more: Alliance for a Better Utah v. Kevin O’Leary, FOX News. Mr. Wonderful sued for alleged defamation in attacking opposition to his planned data center
Latest US Map of Copyright Suits v. AI companies. Total = 128

We updated the U.S. Map of Copyright Suits v. AI Companies. The new total = 128. We added 13 new cases since mid June’s map. How many lawwsuits do you predict by the end of 2026? DOWNLOAD A PDF OF THE MAP WITH LINKS TO EACH DOCKET:
Read more: Latest US Map of Copyright Suits v. AI companies. Total = 128
Do US AI companies have a responsibility to invest in America? Consider Claude Corps

All the talk about establishing an American AI Sovereign Wealth Fund has raised important questions about the responsibilities of U.S. AI companies — and Big Tech Companies — in giving back to Americans instead of single-mindedly trying to make profits, such as through surveillance capitalism. Anthropic recently announced teachers will get free premium access to…
Read more: Do US AI companies have a responsibility to invest in America? Consider Claude Corps
President Xi Jinping touts China as leader for AI at AI conference in Shanghai

China’s President Xi Jinping outlined China’s vision for AI in the world. That vision touts a “more open attitude” and a “symphony of international cooperation,” presumably a reference to the United States’ differing approach under the Trump Administration, as reported by CNBC. Meanwhile, “29 countries signed an agreement in Shanghai to establish the World Artificial…
Read more: President Xi Jinping touts China as leader for AI at AI conference in Shanghai
Is China now beating US in AI? By some measures, yes

This year’s “DeepSeek moment” or “DeepSeek 2.0 moment” comes courtesy of Moonshot from China. Its open-weight model Kimi-K3 has reportedly leapfrogged all of the US models — including Anthropic’s Fable 5 — in the Frontend Code Arena, a blind benchmark test overseen by Arena.ai, by a significant amount. This was met with concern by David…
Read more: Is China now beating US in AI? By some measures, yes
Did Warren Buffett fumble Apple stock by selling it too soon?

Warren Buffett is famously not a tech investor. But his decision in 2016 to invest in Apple proved to be probably the best financial call he ever made. But Buffett inexplicably sold roughly 687.6 Apple shares starting in Q4 2023. And that could prove to be the biggest financial mistake he ever made. Berkshire did…
Read more: Did Warren Buffett fumble Apple stock by selling it too soon?
Did Apple have the winning AI strategy all along? As Google, OpenAI stumble, Barron’s explains why Apple’s ‘Standard Oil’ Strategy took stock to ATH

Barron’s published a most provocative article title “Why Apple’s ‘Standard Oil’ Strategy Is Driving the Stock to All-Time Highs.“ As Anthropic, OpenAI, Google, Meta, and Microsoft duke it out in developing ever more powerful models, Apple has famously failed to deliver its own AI model, not even for Siri, which instead will be based on…
Read more: Did Apple have the winning AI strategy all along? As Google, OpenAI stumble, Barron’s explains why Apple’s ‘Standard Oil’ Strategy took stock to ATH
Launch of our new AI Data Center Lawsuits Tracker

The majority of Americans oppose the building of new data centers in their neighborhoods, an issue that Gallup polled in May 2026. I’ll have more commentary on this poll in a future post. To add to our array of trackers — since Americans apparently like tracker maps — we created a dedicated page to track…
Read more: Launch of our new AI Data Center Lawsuits Tracker
Indianapolis Metropolitan Development Commission (MDC) passes scaled-back data center by DC Blox amidst city backlash

The AI Data Center Wars continue. The Indianapolis Metropolitan Development Commission voted in favor of a scaled down data center proposed by DC Blox. Meanwhile, the Indianapolis City-County Council committee recommended to the mayor support for a moratorium measure proposed by Council President Maggie A. Lewis. The fight over data centers is raging around various parts…
Read more: Indianapolis Metropolitan Development Commission (MDC) passes scaled-back data center by DC Blox amidst city backlash
Pres. Trump blasts NY state moratorium on data centers

Pres. Trump criticized New York state’s 1-year moratorium on new datacenters used for AI. He wrote on Truth Social:
Read more: Pres. Trump blasts NY state moratorium on data centers
Cox Communications decision continues to wipe out contributory infringement claims in lawsuits v. AI companies

Add the Advanced Local Media plaintiffs to the list of plaintiffs dropping their contributory infringement claims against AI companies after the Supreme Court’s 9-0 decision in Cox Communications v. Sony Music Entertainment. I expect most of these lawsuits will drop the contributory infringement claim or ultimately have it dismissed. A few plaintiffs may try to…
Read more: Cox Communications decision continues to wipe out contributory infringement claims in lawsuits v. AI companies

AI Copyright Case Tracker

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Master List of Lawsuits v. AI

last updated Dec. 5, 2025.

US Map of Copyright Suits v. AI

last updated July 19, 2026. Current total = 128 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.)

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Status of Copyright Lawsuits v. AI

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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

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