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Third Circuit panel announced in Thomson Reuters v. ROSS Intelligence appeal: Judges Restrepo, Montgomery-Reeves, and Bove. Argument on June 11, 10 AM

The Third Circuit officially announced the panel for the interlocutory appeal in Thomson Reuters v. ROSS Intelligence: The oral argument is on June 11, 10 AM in Philadelphia, as the Third Circuit announced: To learn more about the issues and read the briefs:
Read more: Third Circuit panel announced in Thomson Reuters v. ROSS Intelligence appeal: Judges Restrepo, Montgomery-Reeves, and Bove. Argument on June 11, 10 AM
WSJ: AI Professor will.i.am

Wall Street Journal has a fascinating article on musician will.i.am. He’s an AI Professor at Arizona State University, who taught a course on “The Agentic Self.” It’s “a 16-week course in which … students learned to create their own AI agents, digital assistants that complete tasks on their own.” Here’s an interview with CNBC Squawkbox…
Read more: WSJ: AI Professor will.i.am
Amid anti-AI backlash, sound advice from Jerome Powell, Justice Sotomayor, and Martin Scorsese: Learn AI

Amidst the recent negative media accounts from the Wall Street Journal and others of an “American Rebellion Against AI,” students and others may be wondering, not only about their future job prospects, but whether they should even use AI. As an educator, I think this is a fundamental question that all students from first grade…
Read more: Amid anti-AI backlash, sound advice from Jerome Powell, Justice Sotomayor, and Martin Scorsese: Learn AI
Suno sued again, this time by Poseidon Wave Media. 4th US suit and 6th suit worldwide.

Poseidon Wave Media filed a copyright suit against Suno on May 12, 2026. It raises a single claim of direct copyright infringement. The suit was filed by Garbarini Fitzgerald law firm in the Southern District of New York. Judge Castel has been assigned the case. It’s the 4th copyright suit against Suno in the United…
Read more: Suno sued again, this time by Poseidon Wave Media. 4th US suit and 6th suit worldwide.
Anthropic loses bid to relate Chicken Soup for the Soul, Cognella suits to Bartz v. Anthropic

Judge Martinez-Olguin rejected Anthropic’s request to have the recently filed lawsuits by book authors and publishers (some of whom opted out of the Bartz v. Anthropic class settlement) treated as related cases to Bartz. This means those cases will be assigned different judge(s). Judge Pitts already has the Cambronne v. Anthropic case, and he is…
Read more: Anthropic loses bid to relate Chicken Soup for the Soul, Cognella suits to Bartz v. Anthropic
Molly Tanzer sues Adobe for copyright infringement in AI. Her 2d suit. Both filed by Joseph Saveri Law Firm.

Molly Tanzer, a book author, has filed another copyright lawsuit in a proposed class action. This one is against Adobe for its alleged use of the SlimPajama dataset, a subset compiled from Books3 dataset by Cerebras for AI research, to train Adobe’s model(s). In James v. Cerebras, Cerebras contends that its purpose for sharing the…
Read more: Molly Tanzer sues Adobe for copyright infringement in AI. Her 2d suit. Both filed by Joseph Saveri Law Firm.
Musk v. Altman ends not with a bang, but a whimper. Jury finds Musk waited too long to bring suit under 3- and 2- year statute of limitations

The jury wasted no time, taking 90 minutes to find that Elon Musk’s claims against OpenAI for breach of charitable trust and unjust enrichment were filed too late under the respective statute of limitations. That means the jury found that Musk knew or should have known with reasonable diligence that he could filed his lawsuit…
Read more: Musk v. Altman ends not with a bang, but a whimper. Jury finds Musk waited too long to bring suit under 3- and 2- year statute of limitations
University of Arizona students boo Eric Schmidt over AI, as well as past “abuser” allegation

A group of students at University of Arizona asked the University for the “Immediate Removal of Eric Schmidt as the UA 2026 Commencement Speaker.” The students stated: “We, the undersigned students of the University of Arizona, along with concerned staff, faculty, and community members, join to urge you to stand with survivors of sexual violence…
Read more: University of Arizona students boo Eric Schmidt over AI, as well as past “abuser” allegation
Similar to Angie Cruz suit v. Anthropic, R.O. Kwon, Chang-rae Lee, Sonia Nazario, Erika Sanchez among 34 book authors suing Anthropic

Anthropic is gaining on OpenAI’s in terms of most copyright lawsuits to defend. A third group of book authors who opted out of the Bartz class settlement just sued Anthropic. Anthropic now has 9 lawsuits against it. OpenAI has 24. The first group of Bartz opt outs, led by John Carreyrou aka Cambronne Inc., is…
Read more: Similar to Angie Cruz suit v. Anthropic, R.O. Kwon, Chang-rae Lee, Sonia Nazario, Erika Sanchez among 34 book authors suing Anthropic
Teens in China vibe coding apps already–and making money

As President Trump returned home from his high-profile summit in China with its paramount leader Xi Jinping, ABC has this report of teenagers in China already vibe coding apps and making money from them. The AI arms race is on.
Read more: Teens in China vibe coding apps already–and making money
Meta seeks dismissal of Ted Entertainment’s DMCA case based on YouTube videos

Meta has filed its motion to dismiss the YouTube creators Ted Entertainment and other plaintiffs’ claim for alleged circumvention of access controls on YouTube videos. Meta argues that there are no access controls, instead merely copying controls that fall outside the DMCA anti-circumvention provision. Meta also argues that Ted Entertainment lacks both Article III standing…
Read more: Meta seeks dismissal of Ted Entertainment’s DMCA case based on YouTube videos
The advisory jury will decide Musk v. Altman on Monday. Closing arguments completed.

The advisory jury in Musk v. Altman will deliberate starting on Monday over Elon Musk’s two claims against Sam Altman, Greg Brockman, and OpenAI for alleged breach of charitable trust and unjust enrichment. The court schedule for the trial did not hold any sessions on Friday. But it’s a bit of surprise no exception was…
Read more: The advisory jury will decide Musk v. Altman on Monday. Closing arguments completed.
Final Approval of Class Settlement Hearing in Bartz v. Anthropic recap

Judge Araceli Martinez-Olguin held the hearing for the final approval of the class settlement in Bartz v. Anthropic, which was also live-streamed. Class Counsel Justin Nelson said the payout per work in the class will be $3,100. The class had 92.77% of participation rate for the works in the works list. David Hansen of Authors…
Read more: Final Approval of Class Settlement Hearing in Bartz v. Anthropic recap
Google opposes David Greene’s motion to remand case to state court

Google opposes Dadid L. Greene’s motion to remand the case back to state court. Green alleges Google misappropriated and used recordings of his voice to train its Notebook LM model. Google argues Greene’s state law claims are equivalent to a copyright claim and preempted by the Copyright Act. DOWNLOAD GOOGLE’S OPPOSITION
Read more: Google opposes David Greene’s motion to remand case to state court
Courts set Aug. 20 hearing for Darius James’ motion for leave to file First Amended Complaint

In James v. Cerebras Systems, The Clerk has scheduled a hearing on August 20, 2026, at 2:00 PM in San Francisco, Courtroom 10, 19th Floor before Judge Araceli Martinez-Olguin. James has asked the court leave to file a First Amended Complaint that adds a claim for contributory infringement related to Cerebras Systems’ alleged creation and…
Read more: Courts set Aug. 20 hearing for Darius James’ motion for leave to file First Amended Complaint

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