May 06, 2026
A California federal judge has tossed vicarious infringement claims in a proposed class action brought by authors accusing chipmaking giant Nvidia Corp. of using their copyrighted works to train artificial intelligence, but let stand claims that Nvidia lifted books from online shadow libraries to develop various AI models.
April 20, 2026
A California federal magistrate judge overseeing discovery in a group of writers' proposed copyright class action against Nvidia ordered the multitrillion-dollar AI chipmaker to produce basic discovery information within a month, saying "it isn't that complicated" and that she's "astonished" and "puzzled" by Nvidia's monthslong delays.
April 16, 2026
A California federal judge indicated Thursday that he won't grant Nvidia Corp.'s request to permanently toss the bulk of a proposed class action by authors who say the artificial intelligence giant unlawfully copied their copyrighted material to develop its LLMs, but will pare some claims with leave to amend.