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Nobel laureate economist Robert Shiller: stop “doommaxxing” fears AI will cause unemployment

Emeritus economics professor at Yale University and Nobel laureate Robert Shiller wrote a fascinating and somewhat contrarian Op-Ed in the New York Times. Shiller focuses on what he calls narrative economics (a branch of behavioral economics) and how people are swayed by narratives (instead of rational economic decision making). Shiller warns all the fear mongering…
Read more: Nobel laureate economist Robert Shiller: stop “doommaxxing” fears AI will cause unemployment
Which AI companies face the most AI lawsuits?

We updated our infographic on which AI companies face the most lawsuits. Perplexity has moved to the Top 7. Apple fell off onto page 2.
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In response to Judge’s suggestion, Apple and Hendrix authors propose case schedule with fair use summary judgment motions decided first. Parties disagree on discovery re: class certification

The parties in Hendrix v. Apple have offered amended proposed schedules that moves up summary judgment motions before the issue of class certification as Judge Gonzalez Rogers had suggested. The parties disagree on whether discovery shall include issues related to class certification now or later, after the fair use question is resolved. Under either schedule,…
Read more: In response to Judge’s suggestion, Apple and Hendrix authors propose case schedule with fair use summary judgment motions decided first. Parties disagree on discovery re: class certification
Meta says Kadrey’s motion to certify downloading ruling doesn’t meet standard for interlocutory appeal

Meta has filed its opposition to the book authors Kadrey’s motion asking Judge Chhabria to certify his ruling on Meta’s downloading of book copies from so-called shadow libraries for an interlocutory appeal to the Ninth Circuit. Meta says Kadrey has not met the requirements for an interlocutory appeal. Excerpts: DOWNLOAD’S META’S OPPOSITION Related Story
Read more: Meta says Kadrey’s motion to certify downloading ruling doesn’t meet standard for interlocutory appeal
Book author Das sues, pro se, Meta, Google, OpenAI, X. Lawsuits hit 120 in U.S.

Book author Kalishwar Das sued Meta, Google, OpenAI, and X in a pro se filing in the District of South Carolina, Columbia Division. (This is the second pro se complaint we included in our tracking of cases. The other was Anders v. Stability AI, which was filed in the W.D. District of North Carolina.) Excerpt:…
Read more: Book author Das sues, pro se, Meta, Google, OpenAI, X. Lawsuits hit 120 in U.S.
NVIDIA hit with 8th copyright suit. Latest filed by S.A. Jamendo over MTG-Jamendo Dataset of 55,000 full audio tracks

NVIDIA just sued again for alleged copyright infringement, the eighth lawsuit it has faced for its training of its AI models. Plaintiff S.A. JAMENDO alleges that NVIDIA has used its audio files to train NVIDIA models. The interesting twist is that Jamendo has partnered with Music Technology Group at Universitat Pompeu Fabra in Barcelona, Spain,…
Read more: NVIDIA hit with 8th copyright suit. Latest filed by S.A. Jamendo over MTG-Jamendo Dataset of 55,000 full audio tracks
Parallel litigation in 100-plus copyright suits v. AI companies produces litigation quagmire. Resolution looks far off.

Today, we are launching the AI Status Copyright Cases Tracker. It depicts all 118 copyright lawsuits against AI companies in the United States by the stage of litigation: pre-discovery, discovery, summary judgment, interlocutory and direct appeals, and Supreme Court. It also depicts how the same AI companies are commonly facing multiple lawsuits filed by different…
Read more: Parallel litigation in 100-plus copyright suits v. AI companies produces litigation quagmire. Resolution looks far off.
If United States takes equity in U.S. AI companies under Sen. Sanders’ or Pres. Trump’s plan, how would the copyright lawsuits v. those AI companies be affected?

Sometimes truth is stranger than fiction. The idea that the U.S. government should take equity interests in U.S. AI companies, such as OpenAI, Anthropic, Meta, Google, Microsoft, and others appears to be gaining momentum. In two different approaches, the strange bedfellows Sen. Bernie Sanders and President Donald Trump floated the idea that the U.S. government…
Read more: If United States takes equity in U.S. AI companies under Sen. Sanders’ or Pres. Trump’s plan, how would the copyright lawsuits v. those AI companies be affected?
Magistrate Judge Cousins initially assigned Shakespeare v. Anthropic after Judge Tigar’s recusal

ORDER REASSIGNING CASE IT IS ORDERED that this case is reassigned using a proportionate, random and blind system pursuant to General Order No. 44 to Magistrate Judge Nathanael M. Cousins. Judge Jon S. Tigar no longer assigned to the case. Counsel are instructed that all future filings shall bear the updated judicial initials immediately after…
Read more: Magistrate Judge Cousins initially assigned Shakespeare v. Anthropic after Judge Tigar’s recusal
Pres. Trump: Anthropic’s Fable model might have been a national security threat before taken down

President Trump discussed his thoughts on the controversy over Anthropic’s Fable 5 model. The U.S. government issued an export control on it, which caused Anthropic to remove it from the public’s use. Here’s an interview with Axios in which Trump discussed the controversy as a matter of national security. The Axios interview included 4 minutes…
Read more: Pres. Trump: Anthropic’s Fable model might have been a national security threat before taken down
DeepMind loses Nobel laureate John Jumper to Anthropic and Noam Shazer, co-author of transformer paper “Attention Is All You Need” to OpenAI. Is DeepMind in deep crisis?

On this quiet Friday, the AI world was rattled by news of Nobel laureate John Jumper’s defection from Google DeepMind to Anthropic. This comes a day after the departure of Noam Shazeer from Google Gemini to OpenAI. Shazeer was one of the co-authors of the seminal transformer paper, “Attention Is All You Need,” when he…
Read more: DeepMind loses Nobel laureate John Jumper to Anthropic and Noam Shazer, co-author of transformer paper “Attention Is All You Need” to OpenAI. Is DeepMind in deep crisis?
Suno seeks impoundment of total number of audio files used to train model

In UMG Recordings v. Suno, “Suno requests impoundment of two discrete references to the number of audio files Plaintiffs allege Suno used to train its generative AI model (the ‘Model Training Figure’). As Suno explained in support of its earlier request for impoundment of this same information, the Model Training Figure is intentionally nonpublic and…
Read more: Suno seeks impoundment of total number of audio files used to train model
Judge Tigar recuses himself from newly filed Shakespeare v. Anthropic

Judge Jon S. Tigar issued an order of recusal from the newly filed Shakespeare v. Anthropic. There’s a good chance this case will be considered a case related to the earliest filed book author suit, Carreyrou v. Anthropic before Judge Pitts, who could get all the book author / publisher suits against Anthropic other than Bartz…
Read more: Judge Tigar recuses himself from newly filed Shakespeare v. Anthropic
Magistrate Judge Richlin mostly denies Midjourney’s motion to compel discovery re: Disney’s own use or development of AI and prompts used to generate examples from Midjourney not used in Complaint

Magistrate Judge Richlin mostly denied Midjourney’s attempt to get discovery of Disney’s own use or development of AI. Judge Richlin found such use irrelevant to Midjourney’s fair use defense, citing a similar ruling in the In re OpenAI Copyright Infringement Litigation. The judge also ruled that Disney’s prompts used to generate allegedly infringing outputs on…
Read more: Magistrate Judge Richlin mostly denies Midjourney’s motion to compel discovery re: Disney’s own use or development of AI and prompts used to generate examples from Midjourney not used in Complaint
Amodei, Altman, Hassabis attend G7 meeting with Pres. Trump in show of U.S. AI global leadership

President Trump convened the CEOs of leading U.S. AI companies — including Sam Altman, Dario Amodei, and Demis Hassabis — to the G7 meeting in Versailles. Here’s a list of those reportedly in attendance: Major Global AI Labs European AI Companies Asian AI Startups Big Tech & Enterprise Software
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AI Copyright Case Tracker

AI & Authorship Tracker

Case Briefing We Track

Appeals

Summary Judgment

Master List of Lawsuits v. AI

last updated Dec. 5, 2025.

Copyright Dilution Under Constitutional Scrutiny

Fair Use and the Origin of AI Training

US Map of Copyright Lawsuits v. AI

last updated May 23, 2026. Current total = 113 suits in U.S.

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

Tort Lawsuit Case Tracker

List of AI bills before Congress

Opinion: How courts should analyze authorship with AI

US Copyright Office registers copyright of AI-generated image

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