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OpenAI enlists Lisa Blatt to handle appeal to Judge Stein of major discovery ruling by Magistrate Judge Wang
Read more: OpenAI enlists Lisa Blatt to handle appeal to Judge Stein of major discovery ruling by Magistrate Judge WangOpenAI enlisted Lisa Blatt of Williams & Connolly, the prominent Supreme Court litigator, to handle the appeal to Judge Stein of the controversial discovery decision by Magistrate Judge Wang finding OpenAI waived its attorney-client privilege. Blatt “has argued 55 cases before the United States Supreme Court and has an 81% win rate in cases decided,” including successfully the…
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Magistrate Judge Wang denies OpenAI’s reconsideration of ruling on producing 20 Million ChatGPT Logs anonymized
Read more: Magistrate Judge Wang denies OpenAI’s reconsideration of ruling on producing 20 Million ChatGPT Logs anonymizedMagistrate Judge Wang denied OpenAI’s motion for reconsideration on her prior ruling ordering OpenAI to turn over 20 million ChatGPT Logs, anonymized. “The Court is in receipt of OpenAI’s motion for reconsideration, (ECF 742), 1 of my November 7, 2025, order directing OpenAI to produce the 20 million retained, de-identified consumer ChatGPT output logs (the…
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OpenAI calls “code red” in response to Google Gemini 3’s ascension. Also faces potential liability in dozen copyright lawsuits.
Read more: OpenAI calls “code red” in response to Google Gemini 3’s ascension. Also faces potential liability in dozen copyright lawsuits.As the Information first reported, Sam Altman issued a “code red” to OpenAI employees. The memo acknowledged a serious threat posed by Google’s latest Gemini 3. Not too long ago, the roles were reversed: Google called a “code red” in 2023 with the release of ChatGPT. The Wall Street Journal also reported: “Gemini’s user base…
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Is Magistrate Judge’s decision on OpenAI’s waiver of attorney-client privilege due to willfulness of civil infringment but no waiver on criminal infringement contradictory?
Read more: Is Magistrate Judge’s decision on OpenAI’s waiver of attorney-client privilege due to willfulness of civil infringment but no waiver on criminal infringement contradictory?One of the biggest issues that has arisen in the copyright litigation against OpenAI is whether OpenAI waived its attorney-client privilege as to communications in-house OpenAI lawyers made regarding the deletion of Books1 and Books2 datasets in mid-2022 after OpenAI torrented them in 2018 and then used them to train an earlier AI model(s) of…
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OpenAI asks Magistrate Judge Wang to stay controversial ruling on waiver of attorney-client privilege as it appeals to Judge Stein
Read more: OpenAI asks Magistrate Judge Wang to stay controversial ruling on waiver of attorney-client privilege as it appeals to Judge SteinOpenAI has asked Magistrate Judge Wang to stay her controversial decision holding that OpenAI has waived its attorney client privilege related to communications on “non-use” and “reasons” for deleting Books1 and Books2 before any copyright litigation started. OpenAI will appeal the decision to Judge Stein.
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OpenAI opposes Ziff Davis’s attempt to filed 2d amended complaint for DMCA anti-circumvention claim
Read more: OpenAI opposes Ziff Davis’s attempt to filed 2d amended complaint for DMCA anti-circumvention claimOpenAI opposes Ziff Davis’s attempt to amend its complaint to state a claim for DMCA anti-circumvention violation. Excerpts DOWNLOAD OPENAI’S OPPOSITION
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Magistrate Judge Wang sticks to her order to OpenAI to produce 20 million de-identified consumer ChatGPT logs. But Judge is entertaining reconsideration.
Read more: Magistrate Judge Wang sticks to her order to OpenAI to produce 20 million de-identified consumer ChatGPT logs. But Judge is entertaining reconsideration.The controversial order of Magistrate Judge Ona Wang for OpenAI to produce 20 million de-identified consumer ChatGPT logs (or chats) continues in inflame OpenAI. Dane Stuckey, chief information security office, wrote a scathing criticism of the order as an invasion of privacy. Then, on Nov. 12, OpenAI filed a letter asking Judge Wang to reconsider.…
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OpenAI Sarah Friar sparks firestorm in suggesting federal government “backstop” or “guarantee” financing for OpenAI
Read more: OpenAI Sarah Friar sparks firestorm in suggesting federal government “backstop” or “guarantee” financing for OpenAISarah Friar, CFO of OpenAI, inadvertently caused a firestorm during an interview with Wall Street Journal. Friar spoke about the challenges in financing chip development. Friar: And so this is where we’re looking for an ecosystem of banks, private equity, maybe even um uh governmental um uh the ways governments can come to bear.WSJ: Meaning…
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Tracker of Tort Lawsuits v. AI companies. Updated Nov. 7, 2025. 7 new suits.
Read more: Tracker of Tort Lawsuits v. AI companies. Updated Nov. 7, 2025. 7 new suits.7 new products liability lawsuits were filed against OpenAI on Nov. 6. That raises the total products liability suits against AI companies to 13. We identified 13 products liability lawsuits v. Character.AI/Google (5) and OpenAI (8). We identified 6 defamation suits against Google (3), Meta (1), Microsoft (1), and OpenAI (1). Let us know what…
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OpenAI hit with 7 new tort lawsuits, 4 involving suicides
Read more: OpenAI hit with 7 new tort lawsuits, 4 involving suicidesOpenAI was hit with 7 new tort lawsuits in California Superior Court for San Francisco (1-3) or Los Angeles County (4-7). 4 cases involve suicides: Lacey, Enneking, Shamblin, and Fox. They add to the existing lawsuit, Raine v. OpenAI, also involving a suicide of a teen. The lawsuits are: It appears that the lawsuits were…