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Microsoft partners w/ Anthropic to hedge bets w/ OpenAI
Read more: Microsoft partners w/ Anthropic to hedge bets w/ OpenAIIn 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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Will Anthropic’s announced settlement of book authors’ class action copyright suit have domino effect on other lawsuits? Reasons yes and no.
Read more: Will Anthropic’s announced settlement of book authors’ class action copyright suit have domino effect on other lawsuits? Reasons yes and no.After two and a half years since the first lawsuit against AI companies was filed in January 2023, we had in 1 week the first 2 announced settlements (pending court approval). First, the parties in the copyright suit filed by voice actors Vacker against ElevenLabs announced a settlement after mediation (the role of ADR we…
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Bartz book authors gear up for class action trial v. Anthropic. Add legal firepower and ask Judge Alsup to approve class notice.
Read more: Bartz book authors gear up for class action trial v. Anthropic. Add legal firepower and ask Judge Alsup to approve class notice.The Bartz book author plaintiffs are trying to strike while the iron is hot. They added more legal firepower to their team including Samuel Issacharoff, the Bonnie and Richard Reiss Professor of Constitutional Law at the New York University School of Law and the reporter for the American Law Institute’s Principles of Aggregate Litigation, who…
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Concord Music cites Judge Alsup to justify adding new claims related to BitTorrent of lyrics. Anthropic’s woes grow.
Read more: Concord Music cites Judge Alsup to justify adding new claims related to BitTorrent of lyrics. Anthropic’s woes grow.Concord Music and other publishers have asked Judge Lee to change the scheduling order to allow them time to add new allegations related to Anthropic’s use of BitTorrent to illegally download their lyrics from shadow libraries. Judge Alsup’s opinion in Bartz v. Anthropic is attributed as the source of these new allegations: “Judge Alsup’s Bartz…
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Judge Alsup denies Anthropic’s motion for stay–and further justifies decision on library building, class certification.
Read more: Judge Alsup denies Anthropic’s motion for stay–and further justifies decision on library building, class certification.Judge Alsup denied Anthropic’s request to stay the case, pending its seeking of Rule23(f) interlocutory appeal. Anthropic will likely ask the 9th Circuit for a stay as permitted under Rule 23(f). Judge Alsup’s denial of a stay was no surprise. He’s been steadfast in maintaining the December 1 trial date, plus he indicated he would…
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Bartz response to show cause re waiver of Anthropic’s attorney-client privilege
Read more: Bartz response to show cause re waiver of Anthropic’s attorney-client privilegeBartz recently filed its response to Judge Alsup’s order to show cause why Anthropic has not waived attorney client privilege by raising an innocent infringement defense. Summary of Argument DOWNLOAD THE RESPONSE Anthropic’s Summary of Argument Download Anthropic’s Response