July 23, 2026
Apple cannot get eight similar proposed class actions alleging BigTech companies exploited the voices of journalists and voice actors to train their artificial intelligence reassigned to the same judge overseeing its case, an Illinois federal court ruled.
May 15, 2026
Apple Inc. and Adobe Inc. are the latest major companies to be hit with biometric privacy suits over the alleged "exploitation" of the recorded voices of journalists, voice actors and other Illinois professionals to develop generative artificial intelligence and other technology without their informed consent.