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CNN sues Perplexity AI. Copyright suits hit 114.
Read more: CNN sues Perplexity AI. Copyright suits hit 114.Cable News Network (CNN) has joined the copyright litigation against AI companies. CNN filed a copyright suit against Perplexity AI in the Southern District of New York. CNN is represented by ROTHWELL, FIGG, ERNST & MANBECK, P.C. The same firm is representing plaintiffs in the following cases: The filing of parallel litigation raising similar claims…
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Sam Altman’s lunch with New York Times and other news organization. What does it mean for the NYT copyright lawsuit v. OpenAI?
Read more: Sam Altman’s lunch with New York Times and other news organization. What does it mean for the NYT copyright lawsuit v. OpenAI?It’s been widely reported that Sam Altman convened the New York Times, The New Yorker, The Atlantic, and other news media to a lunch at Rosemary’s Midtown. Quite remarkable given that the New York Times is suing OpenAI for copyright infringement and is seeking damages award that could be in the billions. But the lunch…
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OpenAI files amended Answers to Complaints in News MDL case
Read more: OpenAI files amended Answers to Complaints in News MDL caseOpenAI filed its Amended Answers in three related News cases. Below is the Amended Answer in the New York Times case to the Second Amended Complaint: DOWNLOAD OPENAI’S AMENDED ANSWER DOWNLOAD NEW YORK TIMES SECOND AMENDED COMPLAINT
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Judge Stein grants OpenAI chance to file amended answer in New York Times case
Read more: Judge Stein grants OpenAI chance to file amended answer in New York Times caseJudge Stein has allowed OpenAI the opportunity to file an amended answer in the Newspaper cases.
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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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Status of all 51 copyright lawsuits v. AI (Oct. 8, 2025): no more decisions on fair use in 2025.
Read more: Status of all 51 copyright lawsuits v. AI (Oct. 8, 2025): no more decisions on fair use in 2025.It’s been a hot minute since our last status report. Right now, we are in the doldrums of discovery. We do not expect any other summary judgment decisions on fair use in AI training until summer 2026 at the earliest. So far, 3 judges ruled on fair use, 2 for and 1 against. But their…
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Will a jury in SF decide Anthropic’s business fate? Most likely yes.
Read more: Will a jury in SF decide Anthropic’s business fate? Most likely yes.September 1 and December 1, 2025. These dates may determine Anthropic’s business fate. And, by business fate, I mean Anthropic’s continued existence. Some readers may think I’m being hyperbolic. I wish I were. But the grim reality is that Anthropic now faces a class action (subject to the plaintiffs’ meeting the condition of preparing a…
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Judge Stein grants oral argument for OpenAI’s objection to order to store user chat logs. Hearing on June 26.
Read more: Judge Stein grants oral argument for OpenAI’s objection to order to store user chat logs. Hearing on June 26.Judge Stein granted the request of OpenAI to hold an oral argument on its motion to overrule the order of Magistrate Judge Wang to preserve all user chat logs, at least for the time being as she considered the New York Times’ argument that some relevant discovery may have been destroyed. The oral argument will…
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Sam Altman raises privacy concerns over Judge’s order that all ChatGPT user chat logs must be preserved. Calls for “AI privilege” to protect people’s chats.
Read more: Sam Altman raises privacy concerns over Judge’s order that all ChatGPT user chat logs must be preserved. Calls for “AI privilege” to protect people’s chats.After filing an objection with Judge Stein, OpenAI took to the court of public opinion to seek the reversal of Magistrate Judge Wang’s broad order requiring OpenAI to preserve all ChatGPT logs of people’s chats. Altman tweeted about OpenAI’s blog post, which invokes privacy as a core basis for their objection to Judge Wang’s Order.…
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OpenAI objects to Magistrate Judge Wang’s order to preserve all user logs
Read more: OpenAI objects to Magistrate Judge Wang’s order to preserve all user logsOpenAI filed an objection to Judge Stein asking him to overturn Magistrate Judge Wang’s recent order to preserve all output logs from ChatGPT usage, in response to the New York Times’ allegation that OpenAI destroyed output logs that should have been preserved and produced during discovery. OpenAI is also seeking oral argument. Summary of OpenAI’s…