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OpenAI seeks extension to answer New York Times’ 1st amended complaint pending court’s ruling on Times’ motion to file 2d amended complaint
Read more: OpenAI seeks extension to answer New York Times’ 1st amended complaint pending court’s ruling on Times’ motion to file 2d amended complaintOpenAI asked Magistrate Judge Wang to grant an extension to answer the New York Times First Amended Complaint pending the court’s ruling on the New York Times’s motion for leave to file a second amended complaint to fix its allegations for the DMCA CMI 1202(b)(1) intentional removal of CMI claim. The request sounds eminently reasonable.…
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New York Times seeks leave to file 2d Amended Complaint v. OpenAI, Microsoft to add same allegations of CMI removal as Daily News, CIR that survived motion to dismiss
Read more: New York Times seeks leave to file 2d Amended Complaint v. OpenAI, Microsoft to add same allegations of CMI removal as Daily News, CIR that survived motion to dismissThe New York Times is seeking to file a Second Amended complaint to correct the deficiency in allegations in its First Amended Complaint’s 1202(b)(1) claim for intentional removal of CMI. The NYT parrots the same allegations as the Daily News’s and Center for Investigative Reporting’s complaints, which were more specific on the alleged removal of…
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OpenAI valued at $300 billion in $40 billion new funding round. New York Times wants OpenAI documents related to anticipated profits, valuation in its copyright suit v. OpenAI.
Read more: OpenAI valued at $300 billion in $40 billion new funding round. New York Times wants OpenAI documents related to anticipated profits, valuation in its copyright suit v. OpenAI.The New York Times copyright lawsuit against OpenAI and Microsoft is no doubt the one to watch among the lawsuits in the Southern District of New York. (The Kadrey book authors’ suit against Meta is the same in the Northern District of California.) After the quasi-nonprofit OpenAI just closed another funding round valuing the company…
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Magistrate Judge Wang issues Stipulated Order re Training Data Inspection Protocol in the New York Times and newspapers’ case
Read more: Magistrate Judge Wang issues Stipulated Order re Training Data Inspection Protocol in the New York Times and newspapers’ caseMagistrate Judge Ona Wang issued a stipulated order regarding the training data inspection protocol in the New York Times and newspapers’ cases. Judge Wang also issued a stipulated order regarding the protective order.
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New York Times orders staff to use AI tools
Read more: New York Times orders staff to use AI toolsAs first reported by Jess Weatherbed in the Verge, the New York Times has reportedly instructed its staff to use AI tools, including its internal AI tool named Echo, “GitHub Copilot as a programming assistant, Google Vertex AI for product development, NotebookLM, the NYT’s ChatExplorer, OpenAI’s non-ChatGPT API, and some of Amazon’s AI products.” The New…
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New York Times, OpenAI, Microsoft try to hammer out deposition coordination, other discovery disputes
Read more: New York Times, OpenAI, Microsoft try to hammer out deposition coordination, other discovery disputesThe parties in the consolidated newspaper lawsuits against OpenAI and Microsoft asked Magistrate Judge Wang to hold a settlement conference to facilitate an arrangement for coordinated depositions of witnesses, including in the book authors’ consolidated lawsuits and lawsuits in California. They say they are close to reaching an arrangement. They also filed a master chart…
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Judge Stein orders Microsoft to file FRCP 5.1(a)(2) notice of constitutional challenge to NY law as applied in Daily News lawsuit
Read more: Judge Stein orders Microsoft to file FRCP 5.1(a)(2) notice of constitutional challenge to NY law as applied in Daily News lawsuitJudge Stein ordered Microsoft to file a notice of a constitutional challenge pursuant to Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 5.1(a)(1)(B). Microsoft had taken the position that it wasn’t required, but said it would promptly do so if Judge Stein disagreed.
