Huckabee et al v. Bloomberg L.P. et al

  1. November 25, 2025

    Bloomberg Can't Nix Mike Huckabee's IP Suit Over AI Training

    Bloomberg must face a proposed copyright infringement class action led by former Arkansas Gov. Mike Huckabee alleging the media company used e-books to train its large language model, after a New York federal judge said Monday she can't determine whether the fair use defense applied without "a robust factual record."

  2. April 22, 2024

    Ex-Gov. Huckabee Says Bloomberg Can't Duck Copyright Suit

    Former Arkansas Gov. Mike Huckabee has urged a New York federal court not to dismiss Bloomberg from his proposed class action alleging copyright infringement of e-books to train the media company's large language model, arguing the business cannot lean on a fair use defense to toss the complaint at this stage.

  3. March 25, 2024

    Bloomberg Asks To Toss Ex-Gov. Huckabee's AI Class Action

    Media company Bloomberg has asked a Manhattan federal judge to dismiss it from a proposed class action led by former Arkansas Gov. Mike Huckabee, arguing that the plaintiffs' complaint lacks specifics detailing how their e-books' copyrights were allegedly infringed to train Bloomberg's large language model.

  4. December 18, 2023

    Bloomberg Wants Out Of Ex-Gov. Huckabee's Putative AI Suit

    Media company Bloomberg said it plans to request dismissal of a proposed class action from former Arkansas Gov. Mike Huckabee alleging that the company, along with tech giants Meta and Microsoft, infringed e-book copyrights to train artificial intelligence models, telling a federal court in Manhattan its arguments will center on fair use.

  5. October 18, 2023

    Meta, Bloomberg, Microsoft Face IP Suit Over AI Data

    Former Arkansas governor Mike Huckabee is seeking to represent a proposed class of authors in a copyright infringement suit filed against Meta, Microsoft, Bloomberg and artificial intelligence research institute EleutherAI, claiming that the group of companies trained their AI tools on data sets that pirated around 183,000 e-books.