January 2026 – Page 2 – Chat GPT Is Eating the World

Judge Martínez-Olguín will allow extension to opt out in Bartz v. Anthropic in order to give notice to class

Judge Martínez-Olguín has quickly disposed of pending motions in the Bartz v. Anthropic case since it was reassigned to her following Judge Alsup’s retirement. The Judge has asked the parties to work out an additional extension for people to opt out of and to file objections to the $1.5 billion class settlement. The last extension…
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Ted Entertainment sues Snap for DMCA anti-circumvention violation for YouTube videos. Total US lawsuits v. AI companies hits 75.

YouTube video creators Ted Entertainment, Matt Fisher, and Golfaholics have filed another DMCA anti-circumvention case, this time against Snap. The allegations are similar to the other complaints filed against Bytedance, Meta, NVIDIA. This lawsuit, filed in the Central District of California, is the 75th copyright suit filed against AI companies. Excerpt: DOWNLOAD THE COMPLAINT
Read more: Ted Entertainment sues Snap for DMCA anti-circumvention violation for YouTube videos. Total US lawsuits v. AI companies hits 75.
Magistrate Judge Wang gives OpenAI until midnight tonight to object to Plaintiffs’ request for Ilya Sutskever memos and all depositions from Musk v. Altman suit

Magistrate Judge Wang just gave OpenAI until midnight tonight to file any objection to the Plaintiffs’ request for 2 memos written by Ilya Sutskever and all deposition transcripts from the Musk v. Altman lawsuit (which itself is headed to trial) in April). ORDER re: (1178 in 1:25-md-03143-SHS-OTW) Letter, filed by The New York Times Company.…
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Sam Altman seeking funding from Middle East investors as skeptics question OpenAI’s financial and viability as a business

As the skeptics of OpenAI’s financials and viability as a business appears to mount, Sam Altman reportedly headed to the Middle East seeking at least $50 billion in additional funding, as reported by Bloomberg. The funding round would value OpenAI at $750 billion to $830 billion. This comes as OpenAI has been barraged by skeptics…
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OpenAI enlists 78 attorneys in its defense in MDL Litigation

OpenAI is sparing no expense to mount its defense against the more than dozen copyright lawsuits OpenAI faces in the Multi District Litigation before Judge Stein. By my count, OpenAI has 78 attorneys now who are appearing in the case. The legal fees alone must be in at least the tens of millions, I’d expect.…
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Judge Polk Failla issues Source Code Protocol in Dow Jones v. Perplexity

Judge Polk Failla issued the order stipulated to by the parties in Dow Jones v. Perplexity AI. The Judge has a carve out for court employees: “This confidentiality agreement does not bind the Court or any of its personnel. The Court can modify this stipulation at any time. The Court will retain jurisdiction over the…
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Judge Joan B. Gottschall assigned Attack the Sound LLC v. Kunlun Tech

Judge Joan B. Gottschall has been assigned the copyright suit Attack the Sound LLC v. Kunlun Tech Co., LTD in the Northern District of Illinois. The docket is here.
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Judge Gonzalez Rogers, who presides over Musk v. Altman, assigned Google v. SerpApi

Google’s DMCA anti-circumvention scraping lawsuit against SerpApi has been assigned to Judge Yvonne Gonzalez Rogers. She also presides over Musk v. Altman, and Hendrix/Martinez/Alexander v. Apple.
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Jane Adams in Carreyrou v. Anthopric has voluntarily dismissed her claim v. Anthropic, but not other defendants

Book author Jane Adams has voluntarily dismissed her claim against Anthropic, but not the other defendant AI companies, without prejudice. No reason is given, but presumably Adams can still file a claim in the Bartz v. Anthropic settlement before the deadline for re-inclusion on March 9, 2026.
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Anders v. Stability AI assigned to Chief Judge Martin Reidinger in WD N.C.

Judge Martin Reidinger has been assigned the pro se lawsuit filed by musician Jerry Anders aka Anders Manga against Stability AI in the W.D. of North Carolina. Docket is here. Related Stories
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Month: January 2026