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UK Competition and Markets Authorities (CMA) orders Google to allow publishers to opt out of AI summaries. Gives bargaining power to publishers.
Read more: UK Competition and Markets Authorities (CMA) orders Google to allow publishers to opt out of AI summaries. Gives bargaining power to publishers.Big news out of the UK: the Competition and Markets Authorities (CMA) is requiring Google to allow publishers to opt out of Google’s AI summaries (or overviews) and to give proper attribution and links whenever Google’s AI summaries relies on a publisher’s article. Below is the Press Release: CMA secures fairer deal for publishers and…
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OpenAI faces most copyright lawsuits. But other AI companies face multiple lawsuits, too.
Read more: OpenAI faces most copyright lawsuits. But other AI companies face multiple lawsuits, too.Nearly four years into the AI Copyright Wars, more than 100 copyright lawsuits have been filed against AI companies. But the number of lawsuits by AI company is not equal. OpenAI faces the most lawsuits by far. Here’s a look at the Top 18 AI Companies by Number of Copyright Suits: Download a PDF of…
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SerpApi moves to dismiss Google’s suit for scraping
Read more: SerpApi moves to dismiss Google’s suit for scrapingSerpApi has moved to dismiss Google’s complaint. It’s a rare case in which an AI company has sued a tech company for alleged DMCA anti-circumvention violations related to scraping of content. Excerpts: DOWNLOAD THE MOTION Related Stories
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Will Judge Lee certify a class action v. Google in AI suit? Hearing on Feb. 20. Judge Lee stays discovery pending her decision.
Read more: Will Judge Lee certify a class action v. Google in AI suit? Hearing on Feb. 20. Judge Lee stays discovery pending her decision.Wow. Judge Lee has stayed discovery in In re Google Generative AI Litigation, pending her decision on class certification. The hearing on class certification is tomorrow, February 20, 1 PM PDT in San Jose federal court. Not to read too much into it, but the stay of discovery could be a good sign for Google.…
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Cengage Learning, Inc., Hachette Book Group, Inc. ask to intervene in copyright suit v. Google.
Read more: Cengage Learning, Inc., Hachette Book Group, Inc. ask to intervene in copyright suit v. Google.Book publishers Cengage Learning, Inc. and Hachette Book Group, Inc. just filed a motion to intervene as plaintiffs in the existing lawsuit In re Google Generative AI, a case filed on July 11, 2023 that is now before Judge Eumi Lee. The book publishers are represented by lawyers from the law firms of Edelson PC…
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Apple chooses AI by Google over OpenAI. Big Tech wins again.
Read more: Apple chooses AI by Google over OpenAI. Big Tech wins again.Apple chose AI by Google over OpenAI. It cements the relationship between Apple and Google even further. The latter pays Apple $20B to have the default search engine on the iPhone Safari browser. Here’s the Joint Statement: Apple and Google have entered into a multi-year collaboration under which the next generation of Apple Foundation Models…
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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…
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OpenAI calls “code red” in response to Google Gemini 3’s ascension. Also faces potential liability in dozen copyright lawsuits.
Read more: OpenAI calls “code red” in response to Google Gemini 3’s ascension. Also faces potential liability in dozen copyright lawsuits.As the Information first reported, Sam Altman issued a “code red” to OpenAI employees. The memo acknowledged a serious threat posed by Google’s latest Gemini 3. Not too long ago, the roles were reversed: Google called a “code red” in 2023 with the release of ChatGPT. The Wall Street Journal also reported: “Gemini’s user base…
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Google aggressively seeks sanctions v. Plaintiffs in AI lawsuit for allegedly shifting alleged class involved again
Read more: Google aggressively seeks sanctions v. Plaintiffs in AI lawsuit for allegedly shifting alleged class involved againGoogle is seeking sanctions against the plaintiffs in the In re Google Generative AI Litigation. Google alleges that the plaintiffs are now belatedly changing their definitions of the class for the potential class action lawsuit, after already once having Judge Lee strike their “fail-safe” class definition. Google says it will seek to strike the class…
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Tracker of Tort Lawsuits v. AI companies. Updated Nov. 7, 2025. 7 new suits.
Read more: Tracker of Tort Lawsuits v. AI companies. Updated Nov. 7, 2025. 7 new suits.7 new products liability lawsuits were filed against OpenAI on Nov. 6. That raises the total products liability suits against AI companies to 13. We identified 13 products liability lawsuits v. Character.AI/Google (5) and OpenAI (8). We identified 6 defamation suits against Google (3), Meta (1), Microsoft (1), and OpenAI (1). Let us know what…