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UK Competition and Markets Authorities (CMA) orders Google to allow publishers to opt out of AI summaries. Gives bargaining power to publishers.

Big news out of the UK: the Competition and Markets Authorities (CMA) is requiring Google to allow publishers to opt out of Google’s AI summaries (or overviews) and to give proper attribution and links whenever Google’s AI summaries relies on a publisher’s article. Below is the Press Release: CMA secures fairer deal for publishers and…
Read more: UK Competition and Markets Authorities (CMA) orders Google to allow publishers to opt out of AI summaries. Gives bargaining power to publishers.
Film director Martin Scorsese uses AI to storyboard movies. Becomes advisor to AI company Black Forest Labs.

Martin Scorsese just shook up Hollywood. Not with his latest film but with embracing of the use of AI as a tool. He’s even joined the German AI company Black Forest Labs as an advisor. In the video below, he explains how he uses AI to storyboard films and to help others visualize his ideas…
Read more: Film director Martin Scorsese uses AI to storyboard movies. Becomes advisor to AI company Black Forest Labs.
Master Calendar of Copyright Suits v. AI Companies (beta test)

We are launching today the beta test version of our new Master Calendar: Copyright Suits v. AI Companies. We looked at the scheduling orders issued so far from the 114 copyright suits and tried to make sense of them in this Master Calendar. (Many cases still do not have scheduling orders, pending the resolution of…
Read more: Master Calendar of Copyright Suits v. AI Companies (beta test)
Magistrate Judge Wang rebukes OpenAI for failing to produce the exhibits for depositions from Musk v. Altman. Judge threatens sanctions of $100 per day.

This is a head scratcher. OpenAI took the position that Magistrate Judge Wang’s prior order requiring it to produce 4 deposition transcripts from the Musk v. Altman case did not require the related exhibits used in the depositions. Well, OpenAI was wrong. And it’s hard to see any reasonable ground for OpenAI’s assertion that the…
Read more: Magistrate Judge Wang rebukes OpenAI for failing to produce the exhibits for depositions from Musk v. Altman. Judge threatens sanctions of $100 per day.
Parties in Thomson Reuters v. ROSS Intelligence submit dueling questions posed by appeal before Third Circuit

We are nearing the June 11 oral argument in the all-important appeal in Thomson Reuters v. ROSS Intelligence. The parties submitted their formulation of the question presented: SUMMARY OF ORAL ARGUMENT submitted by Attorney Mark S. Davies, Esq. for Appellant Ross Intelligence Inc. Case Summary: Is a short quote or paraphrase of judicial holding copyrightable…
Read more: Parties in Thomson Reuters v. ROSS Intelligence submit dueling questions posed by appeal before Third Circuit
Pres. Trump issues scaled down Executive Order on gov’t review of AI safety risks

After delaying the Executive Order due to reported concerns expressed by former AI Czar David Sacks, President Trump issued what sounds like a scaled down version of the government review of frontier AI models that is voluntary, not required. PROMOTING ADVANCED ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE INNOVATION AND SECURITY A key provision is Section 3: Sec. 3. Secure Frontier…
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Sen. Bernie Sanders proposes AI Sovereign Wealth Fund giving all Americans a monetary stake in fund overseen by US government from 50% stock shares of AI companies. US government would be a voting Board member on all AI companies. Should Congress pass it?

Last week it was Pope Leo XIV to issue a bold AI-related encyclical. Well, this week, it’s Senator Bernie Sanders’ turn. In the New York Times, Senator Sanders has proposed a bold new idea: the American A.I. Sovereign Wealth Fund Act proposes to impose a 50% tax on AI companies in the United States to…
Read more: Sen. Bernie Sanders proposes AI Sovereign Wealth Fund giving all Americans a monetary stake in fund overseen by US government from 50% stock shares of AI companies. US government would be a voting Board member on all AI companies. Should Congress pass it?
Latest US Map of Copyright Suits v. AI Companies Total = 114

We added CNN v. Perplexity AI to the Southern District of New York. We also designated which cases in the MDL Litigation against OpenAI and Microsoft are stayed, pending the outcome of the summary judgment motions. DOWNLOAD THE PDF OF THE MAP WITH LINKS TO EACH DOCKET:
Read more: Latest US Map of Copyright Suits v. AI Companies Total = 114
Pope’s encyclical injects religion into AI debate. Why do some now liken AI to religious views?

Pope Leo XIV’s encyclical on AI uses the powerful imagery of the Tower of Babel from the Book of Genesis in the Bible to warn of the horribles of what AI may become. “In order to answer these questions and discern how to navigate responsibly the era of AI, I would like to bring to…
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Why is Mark Zuckerberg laying off thousands of employees?

Meta is laying off 8,000 more employees globally, representing 10% of its workforce. A 10% reduction in employees is comparable to the controversial reduction of federal employees at the behest of DOGE. But Meta’s 2026 layoffs are more than that. They follow previous layoffs of 11,000 in 2022 (13% of its workforce then) and 10,000…
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Pope Leo’s encyclical on AI was the biggest AI news of the week

Pope Leo XIV’s 42,000-word encyclical on AI was, no question, the biggest news in AI this week. It sparked lots of reactions online and in the media, much of it quite favorable, generating Internet memes by supporters. The Wall Street Journal even devoted its first editorial today to Pope Leo’s AI Manifesto. Perhaps a surprise…
Read more: Pope Leo’s encyclical on AI was the biggest AI news of the week
Berkeley-based AI company Lovo files for bankruptcy. Copyight suit of Lehrman automatically stayed.

Judge J. Paul Oetken just stayed the Lehrman v. Lovo lawsuit after Berkeley-based AI company Lovo filed for bankruptcy: “In light of the bankruptcy filing noted at ECF 65, this case is hereby stayed. All conferences and deadlines are adjourned pending further order. The Clerk of Court is directed to mark this case as Stayed.”…
Read more: Berkeley-based AI company Lovo files for bankruptcy. Copyight suit of Lehrman automatically stayed.
Ace Cam, Businessing suits v. Runway AI now consolidated

Judge Kaplan granted the plaintiffs’ motion to consolidate the Ace Cam and Businessing suits against Runway AI. Plus, “The Court appoints Tom Kherkher of Ellzey Kherkher Sanford Montgomery LLP and Gary Klinger of Milberg, PLLC, as Interim Co-Lead Class Counsel for Plainitffs pursuant to Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 23(g).” We should expect the Gardner v. Runway AI to be folded within this consolidation.…
Read more: Ace Cam, Businessing suits v. Runway AI now consolidated
Kogon v. Google Joint Initial Status Report

Parties in Kogon v. Google, in the Northern District of Illinois, filed their Joint Initial Case Status Report. This is one of the lawsuits that includes the claim under the Illinois Biometric Information Privacy Act. Excerpt, which gives you the theories of both sides: DOWNLOAD THE JOINT INITIAL CASE STATUS REPORT
Read more: Kogon v. Google Joint Initial Status Report
Adobe files Answer to Lyon’s consolidated complaint

Adobe filed its Answer to Lyon’s Consolidated Complaint. The suit relates to its small language model SlimLM. No surprises in the Answer. Adobe faces two other lawsuits, Tanzer and SEIU Pension Plan, related to its AI training. Excerpt: DOWNLOAD THE ANSWER:
Read more: Adobe files Answer to Lyon’s consolidated complaint

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