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OpenAI announced $110B funding by Amazon, NVIDIA, and Softbank
Read more: OpenAI announced $110B funding by Amazon, NVIDIA, and SoftbankOpenAI announced a $110 billion round in funding from Amazon, NVIDIA, and Softbank. OpenAI is spending a fortune so it needs to continue to raise funds.
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Summary judgment, trial gets pushed back in Concord Music v. Anthropic. Next fair use decision in AI training might not be until Fall 2026
Read more: Summary judgment, trial gets pushed back in Concord Music v. Anthropic. Next fair use decision in AI training might not be until Fall 2026It will likely be well over a year since the fair use decisions of Judge Alsup and Judge Chhabria before we have another federal judge weigh in on fair use. Their decisions came on June. 23 and June 25, 2025, respectively. Judge Lee, upon the stipulation of the parties in Concord Music v. Anthropic, just…
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Trump orders federal government agencies to stop using Anthropic’s AI. Anthropic opposed military’s use of AI for autonomous warfare or mass surveillance.
Read more: Trump orders federal government agencies to stop using Anthropic’s AI. Anthropic opposed military’s use of AI for autonomous warfare or mass surveillance.The controversy related to the U.S. military’s contract with Anthropic for the use of its AI escalated. After a couple days of intense negotiations between Anthropic and the Department of War, President Trump ordered all federal agencies to stop using Anthropic’s AI, Claude, with a phase out in the next 6 months: How Did We…
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U.S. Supreme Court could take up its first AI case. Thaler v. Perlmutter involves question of authorship & AI.
Read more: U.S. Supreme Court could take up its first AI case. Thaler v. Perlmutter involves question of authorship & AI.Today, the Supreme Court meets in conference to decide whether to grant (or reject) pending cert petitions. Among them is the petition in Thaler v. Perlmutter. It asks: For a variety of reasons, I now believe the chances are very high the Supreme Court agrees to hearThaler‘s case. To briefly summarize my reasons: You can…
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Judge Thompson recuses herself from John Carreyrou v. Google. Anthropic adds its own motion to sever Carreyrou’s omnibus copyright lawsuit v. the AI industry.
Read more: Judge Thompson recuses herself from John Carreyrou v. Google. Anthropic adds its own motion to sever Carreyrou’s omnibus copyright lawsuit v. the AI industry.Book author John Carreyrou’s bold attempt to pursue an omnibus copyright lawsuit against the U.S. AI industry appears possibly splintering apart. Google already filed a motion to sever. And today Anthropic followed suit (see below). We can expect the same motions to sever from Meta, Perplexity AI, and xAI. The case against OpenAI has already…
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Latest World Map of Copyright Suits v. AI cos. Total = 112 (Feb 25, 2026)
Read more: Latest World Map of Copyright Suits v. AI cos. Total = 112 (Feb 25, 2026)The last World Map of Copyright Suits v. AI Companies. The new total is 112 copyright suits = 85 U.S. suits + 27 suits in the rest of the world. OpenAI was just sued in South Korea by broadcasters KBS, MBC, and SBS. Recent U.S. cases added: Carreyrou v. OpenAI, Chmura v. Snap, Gardner v. Runway AI, and Ace…
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Latest U.S. Map of All Copyright Suits v. AI cos. Total = 85 suits (Feb. 25, 2026).
Read more: Latest U.S. Map of All Copyright Suits v. AI cos. Total = 85 suits (Feb. 25, 2026).Here is the latest U.S. Map of Copyright Suits v. AI companies. New total = 85 copyright suits. Recent cases added: Carreyrou v. OpenAI, Chmura v. Snap, Gardner v. Runway AI, and Ace Cam v. Runway AI. Worldwide, the new total = 112 copyright suits. Download the PDF of the map with clickable links to…
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OpenAI is 1st US AI company sued in copyright case in South Korea filed by KBS, MBC, SBS broadcasters. Total = 112 copyright suits v. AI in world.
Read more: OpenAI is 1st US AI company sued in copyright case in South Korea filed by KBS, MBC, SBS broadcasters. Total = 112 copyright suits v. AI in world.Three Korean broadcasters KBS, MBC, and SBS sued OpenAI for copyright infringement in the alleged use of their news content. This is copyright lawsuit No. 112 against AI companies around the world. OpenAI leads the total count for an AI company with the most lawsuits against it. The Korean Broadcasting Association issued a press release,…
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Judge Lin dismisses Elon Musk’s xAI trade scret theft lawsuit v. OpenAI. But allows leave to amend complaint.
Read more: Judge Lin dismisses Elon Musk’s xAI trade scret theft lawsuit v. OpenAI. But allows leave to amend complaint.Judge Lin granted OpenAI’s motion to dismiss Elon Musk’s xAI’s complaint for alleged trade secret theft related to former xAI employees hired by OpenAI. But Judge Lin allowed xAI leave to amend the complaint to provide sufficient allegations of a trade secret violation. DOWNLOAD THE ORDER OF DISMISSAL
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DMCA strikes yet again: Ace Cam v. Runway AI. Total = 85 copyright suits v. AI
Read more: DMCA strikes yet again: Ace Cam v. Runway AI. Total = 85 copyright suits v. AIThe rash of DMCA anti-circumvention claims related to YouTube videos against AI companies continues. These lawsuits might be exploiting one advantage over a traditional copyright infringement suit: unlike a copyright infringement claim, a DMCA claim does not require a copyright registration to file a lawsuit but, at the same time, allows its own DMCA statutory…