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Sarah Andersen’s copyright lawsuit, the 1st filed v. AI companies, gets pushed back again at her request

In Andersen v. Stability AI, Judge Orrick has granted most of Plaintiff Sarah Andersen’s request to push back the deadlines in the scheduling order by about 3 months. The hearing on summary judgment motions gets moved from Nov. 4, 2026 to February 17, 2027. For the very 1st copyright lawsuit filed against gen AI companies,…
Read more: Sarah Andersen’s copyright lawsuit, the 1st filed v. AI companies, gets pushed back again at her request
Sarah Andersen v. Stability AI filed status report to Judge Orrick ahead of Jan. 20 conference

The Andersen v. Stability AI case appears to be moving along in discovery without major disagreement. The parties filed their status report ahead of the Jan. 20 status conference before Judge Orrick.
Read more: Sarah Andersen v. Stability AI filed status report to Judge Orrick ahead of Jan. 20 conference
Artist Plaintiffs seek leave to file 3rd amended complaint to add new allegations re DeviantArt’s alleged use of Zhang’s registered works

In Andersen v. Stability AI, plaintiffs are asking Judge Orrick leave to file a 3rd amended complaint to include new allegations related to defendant DeviantArt’s alleged use of registered works of plaintiff Zhang. Plaintiffs contend: “Defendants’ own documents, many of which were produced on the substantial completion deadline, reveal additional infringement beyond what the Second…
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Andersen v. Stability AI parties provide status report

Things appear to be humming along in discovery for the parties in Andersen v. Stability AI, which was the first of the gen AI lawsuits filed back in January 2023.
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Judge Orrick upholds barring Dr. Ben Zhao from confidential datasets of Stability AI, Midjourney. Major discovery win for defendants.

Not surprisingly, Judge Orrick upheld Magistrate Judge Cisneros’ ruling that barred the expert for Andersen artist plaintiffs, Dr. Ben Zhao, from accessing the confidential datasets and information of the defendants Stability AI, Midjourney, and others. Dr. Zhao is famous for developing self-help tools for artists, such as Nightshade, to “poison” copies of their works online…
Read more: Judge Orrick upholds barring Dr. Ben Zhao from confidential datasets of Stability AI, Midjourney. Major discovery win for defendants.
Parties in Andersen v. Stability AI give status report on discovery, without immediate need for court intervention

The parties in Andersen v. Stability AI gave Magistrate Judge Cisneros a status report on production of datasets used to train AI models and responses to interrogatories. For the most part, discovery has proceeded along. The parties do not seek the court’s intervention, at least not yet. For the first filed copyright lawsuit against AI…
Read more: Parties in Andersen v. Stability AI give status report on discovery, without immediate need for court intervention
Stability AI defendants oppose Andersen’s attempt to reverse ruling barring Dr. Ben Zhao from confidential information

The Stability AI defendants have filed their opposition to Sarah Andersen’s request to Judge Orrick to reverse Magistrate Judge Cisneros’s discovery ruling barring the plaintiffs’ expert Dr. Ben Zhao from accessing the confidential datasets and information of the defendant AI companies. Zhao is famous for developing various tools–including Nightshade–that “poison” images to “disrupt” the effectiveness…
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Sarah Andersen asks Judge Orrick to reverse Magistrate Judge Cisneros’ ruling re: Dr. Ben Zhao, plaintiffs’ expert

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After Disney sues Midjourney, Sarah Andersen seeks all datasets used by Midjourney

Two days after Disney sued Midjourney, Sarah Andersen and other artists are asking Magistrate Judge Cisneros to order Midjourney to produce all datasets it used to train its AI models. The original discovery request by Andersen had been made in November 2024. And now the parties turn to Judge Cisneros to resolve their dispute. Plaintiffs…
Read more: After Disney sues Midjourney, Sarah Andersen seeks all datasets used by Midjourney
Hearing set to determine whether plaintiffs’ expert Dr. Ben Y. Zhao, who created tools to poison AI models data, should be allowed to see highly confidential material of Stability AI. Or should Zhao be disqualified?

Magistrate Judge Lisa J. Cisneros has set a Discovery Hearing set for June 6, 2025, 9:00 AM, by videoconference. The controversy stems from the plaintiffs’ expert Dr. Ben Y. Zhao’s participation in creating the Nightshade tool, which deploys “prompt-specific poisoning attacks that corrupt a model’s ability to respond to specific targeted prompts.” “Nightshade [is] a prompt-specific poisoning attack…
Read more: Hearing set to determine whether plaintiffs’ expert Dr. Ben Y. Zhao, who created tools to poison AI models data, should be allowed to see highly confidential material of Stability AI. Or should Zhao be disqualified?