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OpenAI adds more lawyers to MDL case, now totaling 55 attorneys. Is that enough?
Read more: OpenAI adds more lawyers to MDL case, now totaling 55 attorneys. Is that enough?OpenAI keeps adding attorneys to its defense in the MDL Litigation involving 13 lawsuits. Recent additions: With the recent additions, OpenAI has 55 lawyers in its defense team. Seems like an all lawyers on deck situation. But do you think it’s enough?
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Judge Stein denies reconsideration of Judge McMahon’s dismissal of Raw Story’s DMCA CMI claim
Read more: Judge Stein denies reconsideration of Judge McMahon’s dismissal of Raw Story’s DMCA CMI claimDue to the quirk of MDL Litigation, Judge Stein considered–and ultimately rejected–Raw Story Media’s motion to reconsider the dismissal of its DMCA CMI claim by Judge McMahon, who rendered the decision on lack of Article III standing right before all the cases against OpenAI were transferred to Judge Stein, sitting as an MDL court. This…
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Magistrate Judge sets June 26, 11:30 AM for conference over output logs of ChatGPT
Read more: Magistrate Judge sets June 26, 11:30 AM for conference over output logs of ChatGPTMagistrate Judge Ona Wang has scheduled June 26, 2025 from 11:30 AM to 1:30 PM for a conference to resolve the outstanding–and contentious–dispute over how much of ChatGPT’s output logs must be preserved and produced by OpenAI. The Order of Judge Wang comes with detailed instructions on what the parties must do: The Court has…
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How many lawyers does it take to defend OpenAI from copyright suits? Around 50.
Read more: How many lawyers does it take to defend OpenAI from copyright suits? Around 50.OpenAI keeps adding to its team of lawyers now in the MDL litigation, In re OpenAI Copyright Infringement Litigation, with the recent additions of Stephen James Barrett and Jura Christine Zibas of Wilson Elser. By my unofficial count, there are 50 lawyers representing OpenAI in defense of the 13 lawsuits in the MDL Litigation (some of…
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OpenAI proposes 217 hours of depositions for OpenAI witnesses. Plaintiffs want 255 more hours. Open says Plaintiffs asked irrelevant questions, including: What’s your least favorite Joyce novel?
Read more: OpenAI proposes 217 hours of depositions for OpenAI witnesses. Plaintiffs want 255 more hours. Open says Plaintiffs asked irrelevant questions, including: What’s your least favorite Joyce novel?Interesting disagreement in the MDL litigation, In re OpenAI Copyright Infringement Litigation, over the number of hours the plaintiffs should get for the depositions of OpenAI witnesses. One of the greatest efficiencies of MDL Litigation is the streamlining of depositions and avoidance of repetitive depositions of the same witness. Plaintiffs want 255 hours, not including…
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Apple researchers cast doubt on AI reasoning models of other companies
Read more: Apple researchers cast doubt on AI reasoning models of other companiesAs Apple struggles to integrate AI into Siri and its other software, Apple researchers posted a controversial paper provocatively titled: “The Illusion of Thinking: Understanding the Strengths and Limitations of Reasoning Models via the Lens of Problem Complexity.” The researchers are: Parshin Shojaee*†, Iman Mirzadeh*, Keivan Alizadeh, Maxwell Horton, Samy Bengio, and Mehrdad Farajtabar. First…
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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…
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Bing app adds Sora video creator
Read more: Bing app adds Sora video creatorThe Bing app has added for free the ability to create videos (through OpenAI’s Sora).
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Judge Stein opinion rejecting OpenAI’s request for discovery of New York Times’ use of AI and revenues. Is it reversible error?
Read more: Judge Stein opinion rejecting OpenAI’s request for discovery of New York Times’ use of AI and revenues. Is it reversible error?In a 12-page opinion, Judge Sidney Stein agreed with Magistrate Judge Ona Wang’s denial of OpenAI’s motion to compel (1) the New York Times to produce information about the Times’s own use of AI tools, as well as its alleged decreases in revenues and Times’ licensing efforts; and (2) the Authors Guild book plaintiffs to…