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Concord Music opposes Anthropic’s sealing request re 2 datasets and user prompts’ information
Read more: Concord Music opposes Anthropic’s sealing request re 2 datasets and user prompts’ informationConcord Music filed its opposition to Anthropic’s request to seal the names of 2 datasets it used to train its model Claude, and user prompt-related information.
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MDL case: OpenAI wants Plaintiffs to pick a lead attorney. Plaintiffs want leadership by committee of lawyers from each case.
Read more: MDL case: OpenAI wants Plaintiffs to pick a lead attorney. Plaintiffs want leadership by committee of lawyers from each case.In a 78 page document, the parties in the In re OpenAI Copyright Infringement Litigation, a collection of 13 lawsuits against OpenAI and Microsoft for copyright infringement (2 of which are stayed, Basbanes and Millette). Probably the biggest dispute is over the appointment of the the plaintiffs’ Leadership Counsel, the first question in Judge Stein’s…
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Apple receives pushback from US government regarding deal to use Alibaba AI in iPhones sold in China
Read more: Apple receives pushback from US government regarding deal to use Alibaba AI in iPhones sold in ChinaThe New York Times reported this week that Apple has faced scrutiny from the White House and the House Select Committee on China regarding Apple’s partnership with the Chinese company Alibaba to use its AI program in iPhones sold in China. The Apple-Alibaba deal had been announced in February of this year. China is a…
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Latest map of all 41 lawsuits v. AI companies (May 17, 2025)
Read more: Latest map of all 41 lawsuits v. AI companies (May 17, 2025)Here’s the latest map of all 41 copyright lawsuits against AI companies in the United States. Since our last map on April 28, here are the changes:
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OpenAI launches Codex software-engineering agent. Is the future of computer programming AI agents?
Read more: OpenAI launches Codex software-engineering agent. Is the future of computer programming AI agents?OpenAI announced its Codex AI software engineering agent. Seems like the end of human computer programming is near.
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Magistrate Wang denies OpenAI’s motion to reconsider order to preserve output log data
Read more: Magistrate Wang denies OpenAI’s motion to reconsider order to preserve output log dataMagistrate Judge Wang denied OpenAI’s (frantic) motion to reconsider her order for OpenAI to preserve and segregate its output log data, after the New York Times had alleged that OpenAI had destroyed relevant evidence. There will be a hearing on the alleged spoliation: “The parties should come to the May 27 Spoliation Conference prepared to…
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Judge Alsup has concerns about proposed nationwide class of book authors
Read more: Judge Alsup has concerns about proposed nationwide class of book authorsAt yesterday’s hearing, Judge William Alsup reportedly had expressed some concerns about the proposed class action of book authors in Bartz v. Anthopic. According to Isaiah Poritz of Bloomberg Law, Judge Alsup had “sympathy for that problem” of lumping together in a class different book authors with competing or conflicting interests. Alsup reportedly “said class…
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Anthropic’s Tempest in a Teapot: Concord Music asks judge to strike Olivia Chen declaration on statistical sampling due to AI-generated fake citation
Read more: Anthropic’s Tempest in a Teapot: Concord Music asks judge to strike Olivia Chen declaration on statistical sampling due to AI-generated fake citationA tempest in a teapot is brewing for Anthropic. After Concord Music called out the declaration of Anthropic’s data scientist Olivia Chen for including a citation to a source that doesn’t exist (based on the putative authors and the putative article title), Magistrate Judge Susan van Keulen ordered Anthropic to provide an explanation. Anthropic’s attorney,…