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Tanzer, Alexander, Salesforce propose consolidating cases
Read more: Tanzer, Alexander, Salesforce propose consolidating casesBook authors Tanzer and Alexander, along with defendant Salesforce, proposed consolidating the two cases before Judge Breyer. Seems highly likely.
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In SDNY, Judge Preska deems as related NYT, Chicago Tribune suits v. Perplexity AI. Sets conference for Jan. 6.
Read more: In SDNY, Judge Preska deems as related NYT, Chicago Tribune suits v. Perplexity AI. Sets conference for Jan. 6.The recently filed lawsuits against Perplexity AI filed by the New York Times and Chicago Tribune are now related cases before Judge Loretta Preska in the Southern District of New York. The Judge set the initial status conference for Jan. 5, 2026, 11:30 EDT. Meanwhile, Perplexity AI faces 4 other lawsuits filed by Carreyrou in…
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Elon Musk’s xAI, represented by Clement & Murphy firm, sues California law AB 2013, the Generative AI Training Data Transparency Act
Read more: Elon Musk’s xAI, represented by Clement & Murphy firm, sues California law AB 2013, the Generative AI Training Data Transparency ActElon Musk’s xAI, represented by the Clement & Murphy law firm co-founded by Paul Clement and Erin Murphy, filed a lawsuit in the Central District of California challenging California’s AB 2013, the Generative AI Training Data Transparency Act, which goes into effect on Jan. 1. The law requires AI developers to disclose detailed summaries of…
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Musician Anders Manga (Jerry Anders) files pro se copyright complaint v. Stability AI, Navarr Enterprises for alleged infringing use of music to train Stable Audio. Copyright suits hit 73. Anders v. Stability AI.
Read more: Musician Anders Manga (Jerry Anders) files pro se copyright complaint v. Stability AI, Navarr Enterprises for alleged infringing use of music to train Stable Audio. Copyright suits hit 73. Anders v. Stability AI.We reached a new milestone: copyright suit No. 73 against AI companies in the U.S. was just filed. With only a few days left in 2025, will we hit 75? This one in the Western District of North Carolina in a pro se copyright suit filed by the musician Anders Manga (aka Jerry Anders). There…
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OpenAI’s proposed reply reveals more on Books 1, 2 datasets used to train GPT-3
Read more: OpenAI’s proposed reply reveals more on Books 1, 2 datasets used to train GPT-3In its proposed reply to support its Rule 72(a) objection to Magistrate Judge Wang’s ruling that OpenAI waived its attorney-client privilege, OpenAI gives us a fuller description of the timeline in which OpenAI used Books 1 and 2 datasets: The Book Author Class Plaintiffs also describe their own timeline in their brief: Our Own Timeline…
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Lisa Blatt asks Judge Stein for leave to file reply to Book Authors’ opposition to challenge to Magistrate Judge’s ruling on waiver of attorney-client privilege
Read more: Lisa Blatt asks Judge Stein for leave to file reply to Book Authors’ opposition to challenge to Magistrate Judge’s ruling on waiver of attorney-client privilegeLisa Blatt of Williams & Connolly, now representing OpenAI, asked Judge Stein for leave to file a reply to the Book Authors’ Class Plaintiffs’ opposition to OpenAI’s objection to Magistrate Judge Wang’s ruling that OpenAI waived its attorney-client privilege. Given the importance of the attorney-client privilege, I expect Judge Stein to grant OpenAI’s reply request.…
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Disney says lack of service of complaint on foreign parties does not require dismissal in Minimax case
Read more: Disney says lack of service of complaint on foreign parties does not require dismissal in Minimax caseDisney filed its response to Judge Blumenfeld’s order to show cause on why the case against Minimax and other Chinese and Singaporean companies should not be dismissed for lack of prosecution. Disney has failed to serve the complaint on any of the defendants. But Disney says such failure does not require a dismissal under the…
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Lawyers for Chicago Tribune, New York Times in suit v. Perplexity ask 2 judges to transfer to 1 judge
Read more: Lawyers for Chicago Tribune, New York Times in suit v. Perplexity ask 2 judges to transfer to 1 judgeThere are 4 lawsuits filed by news media (Dow Jones, New York Times, and Chicago Tribune) and Encyclopaedia Britannica against Perplexity AI, all in the Southern District of New York. But, after two attempts for related case status, Judge Polk Failla denied the asserted combination (Dow Jones/Encyclopaedia Britannica and Dow Jones/Chicago Tribune/New York Times was…
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Sergey Brin admits Google fumbled developing AI after seminal transformer paper (Attention Is All You Need) that spawned ChatGPT
Read more: Sergey Brin admits Google fumbled developing AI after seminal transformer paper (Attention Is All You Need) that spawned ChatGPTSergey Brin recently admitted that Google underinvested in AI after Google researchers posted their seminal paper on the transformer architecture in the paper “Attention Is All You Need” in 2017. Because Google shared the discovery with everyone, OpenAI ran with it, which led to ChatGPT. Sam Altman also recently said that, had Google taken OpenAI…