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Microsoft Sued by Authors Over Use of Books in AI Training
A group of authors is suing Microsoft, alleging it used their books without permission to train its Megatron AI model. The complaint against Microsoft came a day after a California federal judge ruled that Anthropic made fair use under US copyright law of authors' material to train its AI systems but may still be liable for pirating their books.
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Anthropic Wins Key US Ruling on AI Training in Authors' Copyright Lawsuit
Anthropic's use of books without permission to train its AI system was legal under US copyright law, a federal judge in San Francisco ruled late on Monday. The company told the court that it made fair use of the books and that US copyright law "not only allows, but encourages" its AI training because it promotes human creativity.
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Apple Sued by Shareholders for Allegedly Overstating AI Progress
Apple was sued on Friday by shareholders in a proposed securities fraud class action. The complaint covers shareholders who suffered potentially hundreds of billions of dollars of losses in the year ending June 9, when Apple introduced several features and aesthetic improvements for its products but kept AI changes modest.
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Judge Rules In Favour Of Justin Baldoni, Dismisses Blake Lively's Claims Of Emotional Distress
Lively had initially sought to include emotional distress claims in the lawsuit, but recently withdrew these claims
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US Woman Dies After Eating Mislabelled Cookie, Family Sues Supermarket Chain
A family in Washington filed a federal lawsuit against Safeway after their mother died due to a severe allergic reaction from eating mislabelled cookies.
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100 Days, 200 Lawsuits: Donald Trump Completes Turbulent 3 Months In Office
Donald Trump said on Tuesday that he has had "a lot of fun" in his first hundred days in office during his second term as President. However, much of his agenda in these three months have met considerable resistance in court from federal judges.
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Over 130 International Students In US To Join Lawsuit Over Revoked Visas
More than 130 international students across the United States have joined a federal lawsuit accusing the Trump administration of unlawfully canceling their visas, jeopardizing their legal status in the country, court documents show.
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Group of Ex-OpenAI Employees Back Elon Musk's Lawsuit to Halt OpenAI Restructure
A dozen former OpenAI employees filed a legal brief on Friday backing co-founder Elon Musk's lawsuit aimed at keeping the non-profit status of OpenAI. In their federal court filing on Friday, the former employees contended that stripping the nonprofit of its controlling role would "fundamentally violate" its mission, as it would lose oversight of t...
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Meta Faces FTC Trial With Instagram, WhatsApp Breakup at Risk
The US Federal Trade Commission is targeting Meta's deals for Instagram and WhatsApp in a landmark antitrust lawsuit set to go to trial Monday, alleging that the acquisitions were illegal, should never have been approved and should be broken up.
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Musk-Altman Fight Over OpenAI Overhaul Set for March Trial
A federal judge has scheduled a March 16 trial for Elon Musk's lawsuit challenging Sam Altman's plan to restructure OpenAI into a for-profit entity. US District Judge Yvonne Gonzalez Rogers rejected Musk's request to halt the transformation but expedited the trial to address Musk's claim that the restructuring is unlawful.
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Anthropic Wins Early Round in Music Publishers' AI Copyright Case
Music publishers UMG, Concord and ABKCO sued Anthropic in 2023, alleging that it infringed their copyrights in lyrics from at least 500 songs. The publishers claimed Anthropic used the lyrics without permission to train Claude to respond to human prompts. Anthropic, for now, has convinced a California federal judge on Tuesday to reject a preliminar...
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Lawsuit Accuses Amazon of Secretly Tracking Consumers Through Cellphones
Amazon obtained "backdoor access" to consumers' phones by providing tens of thousands of app developers with code known as Amazon Ads SDK to be embedded in their apps, according to a proposed class action lawsuit in San Francisco federal court.
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OpenAI Faces New Copyright Case, From Global Publishers in India
OpenAI is facing a copyright lawsuit from Indian and international book publishers in New Delhi, that aims to prevent the firm's ChatGPT chatbot from accessing proprietary content. The Federation of Indian Publishers stated it has lodged the case at the Delhi High Court, which is already handling a similar suit against OpenAI.
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Will Google Face Trial For Collecting User Data, Invading Privacy?
Google failed to persuade a federal judge to dismiss a privacy class action claiming it collected personal data from people's cellphones after they switched off a button to stop the tracking.
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Apple to Pay $95 Million to Settle Siri Privacy Lawsuit
Apple agreed to pay $95 million (roughly Rs. 814 crore) in cash to settle a lawsuit claiming that its voice-activated Siri assistant violated users' privacy. A preliminary settlement was filed on Tuesday night in the Oakland, California federal court, and requires approval by US District Judge Jeffrey White.
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Microsoft Sued by Authors Over Use of Books in AI Training
A group of authors is suing Microsoft, alleging it used their books without permission to train its Megatron AI model. The complaint against Microsoft came a day after a California federal judge ruled that Anthropic made fair use under US copyright law of authors' material to train its AI systems but may still be liable for pirating their books.
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Anthropic Wins Key US Ruling on AI Training in Authors' Copyright Lawsuit
Anthropic's use of books without permission to train its AI system was legal under US copyright law, a federal judge in San Francisco ruled late on Monday. The company told the court that it made fair use of the books and that US copyright law "not only allows, but encourages" its AI training because it promotes human creativity.
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Apple Sued by Shareholders for Allegedly Overstating AI Progress
Apple was sued on Friday by shareholders in a proposed securities fraud class action. The complaint covers shareholders who suffered potentially hundreds of billions of dollars of losses in the year ending June 9, when Apple introduced several features and aesthetic improvements for its products but kept AI changes modest.
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Judge Rules In Favour Of Justin Baldoni, Dismisses Blake Lively's Claims Of Emotional Distress
Lively had initially sought to include emotional distress claims in the lawsuit, but recently withdrew these claims
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US Woman Dies After Eating Mislabelled Cookie, Family Sues Supermarket Chain
A family in Washington filed a federal lawsuit against Safeway after their mother died due to a severe allergic reaction from eating mislabelled cookies.
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100 Days, 200 Lawsuits: Donald Trump Completes Turbulent 3 Months In Office
Donald Trump said on Tuesday that he has had "a lot of fun" in his first hundred days in office during his second term as President. However, much of his agenda in these three months have met considerable resistance in court from federal judges.
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Over 130 International Students In US To Join Lawsuit Over Revoked Visas
More than 130 international students across the United States have joined a federal lawsuit accusing the Trump administration of unlawfully canceling their visas, jeopardizing their legal status in the country, court documents show.
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Group of Ex-OpenAI Employees Back Elon Musk's Lawsuit to Halt OpenAI Restructure
A dozen former OpenAI employees filed a legal brief on Friday backing co-founder Elon Musk's lawsuit aimed at keeping the non-profit status of OpenAI. In their federal court filing on Friday, the former employees contended that stripping the nonprofit of its controlling role would "fundamentally violate" its mission, as it would lose oversight of t...
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Meta Faces FTC Trial With Instagram, WhatsApp Breakup at Risk
The US Federal Trade Commission is targeting Meta's deals for Instagram and WhatsApp in a landmark antitrust lawsuit set to go to trial Monday, alleging that the acquisitions were illegal, should never have been approved and should be broken up.
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Musk-Altman Fight Over OpenAI Overhaul Set for March Trial
A federal judge has scheduled a March 16 trial for Elon Musk's lawsuit challenging Sam Altman's plan to restructure OpenAI into a for-profit entity. US District Judge Yvonne Gonzalez Rogers rejected Musk's request to halt the transformation but expedited the trial to address Musk's claim that the restructuring is unlawful.
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Anthropic Wins Early Round in Music Publishers' AI Copyright Case
Music publishers UMG, Concord and ABKCO sued Anthropic in 2023, alleging that it infringed their copyrights in lyrics from at least 500 songs. The publishers claimed Anthropic used the lyrics without permission to train Claude to respond to human prompts. Anthropic, for now, has convinced a California federal judge on Tuesday to reject a preliminar...
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Lawsuit Accuses Amazon of Secretly Tracking Consumers Through Cellphones
Amazon obtained "backdoor access" to consumers' phones by providing tens of thousands of app developers with code known as Amazon Ads SDK to be embedded in their apps, according to a proposed class action lawsuit in San Francisco federal court.
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OpenAI Faces New Copyright Case, From Global Publishers in India
OpenAI is facing a copyright lawsuit from Indian and international book publishers in New Delhi, that aims to prevent the firm's ChatGPT chatbot from accessing proprietary content. The Federation of Indian Publishers stated it has lodged the case at the Delhi High Court, which is already handling a similar suit against OpenAI.
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Will Google Face Trial For Collecting User Data, Invading Privacy?
Google failed to persuade a federal judge to dismiss a privacy class action claiming it collected personal data from people's cellphones after they switched off a button to stop the tracking.
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Apple to Pay $95 Million to Settle Siri Privacy Lawsuit
Apple agreed to pay $95 million (roughly Rs. 814 crore) in cash to settle a lawsuit claiming that its voice-activated Siri assistant violated users' privacy. A preliminary settlement was filed on Tuesday night in the Oakland, California federal court, and requires approval by US District Judge Jeffrey White.
