April 22, 2026
A California federal judge has denied a bid from software and artificial intelligence firms Databricks and Mosaic ML to escape authors' allegations that their works were used to train large language models, saying the proposed class of writers had asserted a sufficient complaint.
November 26, 2025
A California federal magistrate judge on Wednesday warned attorneys representing Databricks in a group of writers' copyright lawsuit over AI training that they cannot discuss deposition testimony with witnesses during breaks other than for privilege reasons, but she rejected the writers' accusation that defense counsel had improperly coached witnesses.
November 21, 2025
Writers suing Databricks for allegedly using their copyrighted works for artificial intelligence training have urged a California federal judge to order defense attorneys to stop coaching witnesses during depositions, with defense counsel countering that the court should bar plaintiffs from asking "personally invasive and harassing" questions.
July 31, 2025
Third-party Microsoft Corp. urged a California magistrate judge Thursday to block a subpoena by a group of writers accusing San Francisco-based Databricks of using their copyrighted works to train its artificial intelligence tool MosaicML, arguing that Microsoft has already exceeded third-party obligations by providing certain data agreements and that the request is overbroad.
May 03, 2024
Artificial intelligence developers Nvidia and Databricks are facing a new round of class action litigation in California federal court, this time from authors like longtime New Yorker writer Susan Orlean and YA scribe Jason Reynolds.
March 11, 2024
Several writers have filed a pair of proposed class actions in California federal court that accuse technology-based companies of ripping off their copyright-protected works.