Category: Zuckerberg

How Apple went to war on OpenAI and made peace with Meta

apple wwdc24 event announcing partnership with openai On June 10, 2024, at the WWDC24 event, Apple previewed its new Apple Intelligence for its then-upcoming iOS 18. At the time, Apple was late to the generative AI scene and was desperately trying to upgrade an aging Siri. (That full upgrade of Siri with AI eventually took…
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Alexandr Wang gave Meta its mojo back with launch of Muse, Muse Wonder

One year in the AI industry feels like a decade. Yet, incredibly, Mark Zuckerberg managed to pull off what could turn out be one of the most incredible pivots in tech company history. He tried that once already with the metaverse and failed. But, after a widely panned launch of its then-latest LlaMa model, Zuckerberg…
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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.

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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Status of all 39 copyright lawsuits v. AI (Feb. 18, 2025): Judge Bibas rejects fair use in AI training in stunning reversal.

It’s been a hot minute since our last update. Here’s the latest on all 39 copyright lawsuits against AI companies. New cases Significant rulings Upcoming Hearings Visit our Master List of all copyright cases with attorneys and claims listed. Case name Jurisdiction Judge Latest status Thomson Reuters Enterprise Centre GmbH et al v. ROSS Intelligence…
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Exhibits show Meta employees apparently discussing removal of copyright management information from materials from some works in dataset(s)

Based on Judge Chhabria’s order this week in the Kadrey v. Meta suit, the parties were allowed to file partially redacted exhibits related to the plaintiffs’ motion for leave to file a Third Amended Consolidated Complaint, which the Judge granted. Now we get to see some of the evidence the plaintiffs, led by David Boies’…
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Kadrey refiles motion to file Third Amended Consolidated Complaint, with partially unredacted Exhibits, per Judge Chhabria’s order

At last. We get to see the Kadrey book author plaintiffs’ Third Amended Consolidated Complaint (which will soon be filed). Today’s filing is the attachment to refiled motion for leave to file this complaint, which Judge Chhabria has allowed to be filed, including with partially unredacted Exhibits. Here is the Redline version of the Third…
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Plaintiffs submit unredacted filing with glimpses of Meta’s Michael Clark’s deposition re: LibGen, blocklist, de-deduping, MZ

The plaintiffs in the Kadrey v. Meta lawsuit have filed their brief with Exhibit A regarding deposing a Meta witness regarding seeding of torrents (which Judge Chhabria has now granted). It’s fascinating to read some of the testimony of Meta’s Michael Clark, who testified to a range of topics, including that (1) use of the…
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Kadrey plaintiffs oppose Meta’s proposed sealing of information related to datasets used by Meta

The Kadrey plaintiffs are objecting to Meta’s proposed redactions in discovery related to information about the methods it used to download datasets and the specific datasets used to train its AI model Llama. Plaintiffs respectfully submit this opposition to Defendant Meta Platforms, Inc.’s proposed redactions to the Court’s December 20, 2024 Discovery Order (Dkt. No.…
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Mark Zuckerberg to be deposed in Kadrey lawsuit. What should he be asked??

Mark Zuckerberg is scheduled today to sit for deposition in the Kadrey v. Meta Platforms lawsuit. At one point, it was mentioned the deposition will take place in Hawaii, where Zuckerberg resides. What should the plaintiffs’ lawyers ask Zuckerberg? Do you think David Boies will be participating in the deposition?
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