Month: September 2025

Andersen v. Stability AI parties provide status report

Things appear to be humming along in discovery for the parties in Andersen v. Stability AI, which was the first of the gen AI lawsuits filed back in January 2023.
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Microsoft partners w/ Anthropic to hedge bets w/ OpenAI

In 2023, Microsoft launched its Co-Pilot with OpenAI’s models and appeared to take a lead over Google in AI. Today, that lead has evaporated. And now Microsoft is hedging its bets with OpenAI and striking a deal with Anthropic. If the AI arms race doesn’t become a Netflix series, a big fail.
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Which judge will decide fair use next in AI copyright litigation? Judge Saylor IV, most likely

Due to a change in scheduling order in the In re Mosaic LLM Litigation and Concord Music v. Anthropic, we have a new “on the clock” list for the next potential fair use decision, which will not come until 2026. We have an updated prediction of which district court judge will have the next decision…
Read more: Which judge will decide fair use next in AI copyright litigation? Judge Saylor IV, most likely
Meta’s Superintelligence team gets off to rocky start

After Mark Zuckerberg threw lavish pay packages worth $300 million or more to lure top AI researchers (and even $1 billion offered to Mira Murati and other elite AI researchers), the new Superintelligence team has gotten off to a rocky start, with even some who have left. More from the Wall St. Journal. The new…
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Authors Guild, American Publishers Assn. CEOs listened to Judge Alsup’s scrutiny of their roles at settlement hearing in Bartz case. Then issued statements afterwards.

It’s a day after what feels like the most stunning hearing in any of the 50 copyright lawsuits against AI companies. Yesterday, Judge Alsup aired his list of many “grievances” on the Bartz book authors’ proposed class action settlement for an estimated $1.5 billion, the largest copyright settlement in U.S. history. “We’ll see if I…
Read more: Authors Guild, American Publishers Assn. CEOs listened to Judge Alsup’s scrutiny of their roles at settlement hearing in Bartz case. Then issued statements afterwards.
Shocker: Judge Alsup “postpones” preliminary approval of class settlement in Bartz v. Anthropic. Updated with order.

UPDATED VERSION: Well, it looks like things are not as bad as first reported. Judge Alsup issued an order “postponing”–not denying–approval of the proposed class settlement: Minute Entry for proceedings held before Judge William Alsup: Motion Hearing re: 363 Motion for Preliminary Approval held on 9/8/2025. Preliminary approval was postponed pending submission of further clarifying…
Read more: Shocker: Judge Alsup “postpones” preliminary approval of class settlement in Bartz v. Anthropic. Updated with order.
OpenAI backs production of feature length animated film using AI video tools

As first reported by Wall Street Journal, OpenAI’s creative specialist Chad Nelson is producing an animated feature-length movie called “Critterz.” It is an open secret that Hollywood studios would like to use AI for parts of movies, such as special effects scene, to reduce the escalating costs of movie production. However, given the sensitivity and…
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Copyright suits v. AI hits 49. Book authors Hendrix v. Apple.

On Friday Sept. 5, 2025, Hendrix v. Apple became the 49th copyright lawsuit filed against AI companies for allegedly infringing copyrights. Plus, the Hendrix suit is the 18th copyright suit filed by book authors. Docket here. (The total number of lawsuits was corrected on Sept. 14, 2025.) This lawsuit against Apple is the first against…
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Latest map of US copyright suits v. AI cos. (Sept. 9, 2025)

UPDATED: We added the new lawsuit filed by book authors Hendrix v. Apple. This is lawsuit number 50. Historic, in a way. We added the recent Warner Brothers lawsuit against Midjourney to the map. It is likely a related case to the prior filed lawsuit filed by Disney and Universal Studios. 3 suits were voluntarily…
Read more: Latest map of US copyright suits v. AI cos. (Sept. 9, 2025)
On eve of hearing, Judge Alsup “disappointed” proposed settlement leaves issues unresolved, including Works and Class. Also wants Authors Guild CEO Mary Rasenberger, American Publishers CEO Maria Pallante to attend.

On the eve of Monday’s hearing on the proposed class action settlement in Bartz v. Anthropic, Judge Alsup said he “is disappointed that counsel have left important questions to be answered in the future, including respecting the Works List, the Class List, the Claim Form, and, particularly for works with multiple claimants, the processes for…
Read more: On eve of hearing, Judge Alsup “disappointed” proposed settlement leaves issues unresolved, including Works and Class. Also wants Authors Guild CEO Mary Rasenberger, American Publishers CEO Maria Pallante to attend.