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Did Apple have the winning AI strategy all along? As Google, OpenAI stumble, Barron’s explains why Apple’s ‘Standard Oil’ Strategy took stock to ATH
Read more: Did Apple have the winning AI strategy all along? As Google, OpenAI stumble, Barron’s explains why Apple’s ‘Standard Oil’ Strategy took stock to ATHBarron’s published a most provocative article title “Why Apple’s ‘Standard Oil’ Strategy Is Driving the Stock to All-Time Highs.“ As Anthropic, OpenAI, Google, Meta, and Microsoft duke it out in developing ever more powerful models, Apple has famously failed to deliver its own AI model, not even for Siri, which instead will be based on…
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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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Microsoft seeks to file amicus brief in support of Anthropic’s request for TRO in dispute with Department of War
Read more: Microsoft seeks to file amicus brief in support of Anthropic’s request for TRO in dispute with Department of WarMicrosoft is seeking to file an amicus brief in support of a temporary restraining order. Judge Lin has already scheduled briefing for Anthropic’s motion for preliminary injunction, so the TRO may be moot. In any event, here’s Microsoft’s argument: Excerpt: DOWNLOAD THE BRIEF
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OpenAI hit with another newspaper copyright lawsuit. Newspapers want over $10 billion from OpenAI. Total = 61 copyright suits v. AI cos.
Read more: OpenAI hit with another newspaper copyright lawsuit. Newspapers want over $10 billion from OpenAI. Total = 61 copyright suits v. AI cos.The week continues to get worse for OpenAI and Microsoft. After losing its attorney-client privilege regarding its deletion of Books1 and 2 datasets in 2022, OpenAI, along with Microsoft, was hit with another copyright lawsuit. This follows a report of an internal OpenAI memo in which Sam Altman warned employees of “economic headwinds” and “rough…
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Microsoft letter to Judge Wang re: unable to find Bing Chat CTR data
Read more: Microsoft letter to Judge Wang re: unable to find Bing Chat CTR dataMicrosoft says it has extensively searched for and cannot find Bing Chat CTR (Click-Through-Rate). The information is related to the search engines using RAG, or retrieval augmented generation (combining AI with real time information from search). DOWNLOAD MICROSOFT’S REDACTED LETTER
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Magistrate Judge Wang denies motion to compel discovery of Bing Index for now
Read more: Magistrate Judge Wang denies motion to compel discovery of Bing Index for nowThe pirated books dataset Library Genesis is turning into the mother of all disputes in the copyright litigation against AI companies. In the MDL litigation against Microsoft, Plaintiffs seek discovery of the Bing Index: “What Class Plaintiffs are challenging, however, is the transfer of a copy (or copies of portions) of the Bing Index data…
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Is case v. OpenAI now Bartz II? Judge Stein denies OpenAI’s motion to strike download claim from Shadow Library.
Read more: Is case v. OpenAI now Bartz II? Judge Stein denies OpenAI’s motion to strike download claim from Shadow Library.Things just went from bad to worse for OpenAI. Judge Stein issued a second opinion related to OpenAI’s and Microsoft’s motions to strike allegedly new allegations made in the Consolidated Class Action Complaint by book authors. (Judge Stein’s first opinion denied OpenAI’s motion to dismiss the “output” copyright infringement claim.) OpenAI won a modest victory:…
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Book Authors spar with OpenAI, Microsoft over discovery related to books datasets, Bing Index, waiver of attorney-client privilege
Read more: Book Authors spar with OpenAI, Microsoft over discovery related to books datasets, Bing Index, waiver of attorney-client privilegeOn October 29, Magistrate Judge Ona Wang will hold a discovery conference to go over disputes between the parties. Let’s take a look at the discovery disputes between the book authors (aka “class” plaintiffs) and OpenAI and Microsoft. Issues: Positions of the parties DOWNLOAD THE CHARTS OF THE PARTIES
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Status of all 57 copyright lawsuits v. AI (Oct. 26, 2025): Apple hit with 3 lawsuits.
Read more: Status of all 57 copyright lawsuits v. AI (Oct. 26, 2025): Apple hit with 3 lawsuits.The U.S. copyright lawsuits against AI companies continue unabated. Here are the Top 5 news items: 1. Apple joins the copyright party. Although Apple has been roundly criticized for its slow development of Apple Intelligence, that hasn’t stopped book authors from suing Apple for copyright infringement in proposed class actions. In addition to the earlier…
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Judge Stein holds 4 hour hearing for OpenAI’s motion to dismiss
Read more: Judge Stein holds 4 hour hearing for OpenAI’s motion to dismissThe MDL litigation against OpenAI and Microsoft is trudging along. Judge Stein held oral argument on various motions, including motions to dismiss the output claims. The hearing lasted nearly 4 hours! Adam Eisgrau was at the hearing and summarized it below. It sounds like Eisgrau thinks that OpenAI may get some of the claims dismissed.…