April 29, 2024
A California federal judge has rejected authors' pick for interim lead counsel in a case accusing OpenAI of copyright infringement, ruling that the request was made too early and must wait until class certification has been decided.
March 04, 2024
A California federal judge ruled Friday that a group of authors suing OpenAI for alleged copyright infringement cannot bar the Microsoft-backed company from defending itself against a similar suit in New York federal court, saying the plaintiffs' argument that the artificial intelligence startup engaged in forum shopping "holds no sway."
February 13, 2024
A California federal judge dismissed the bulk of two proposed copyright class actions against ChatGPT creator OpenAI Inc. while giving two putative classes led by comedian Sarah Sliverman and author Paul G. Tremblay a chance to cure deficiencies in their pleadings in some instances.
February 09, 2024
A group of writers suing OpenAI over copyright infringement allegations is accusing the Microsoft-backed startup of "forum shopping for the most favorable schedule," and is asking a federal judge in California to stop the company from trying to litigate a similar suit in New York federal court just because its lawyers made some deals to get a better timetable there.
January 01, 2024
Legal experts following Golden State courts in 2024 are tracking groundbreaking lawsuits against artificial-intelligence developers brought by content creators, high-stakes antitrust cases against BigTech companies, and a wave of fresh litigation over the scope of California's Private Attorneys General Act.
January 01, 2024
Love it or hate it, the growing adoption of generative artificial intelligence tools has given society no choice but to grapple with their novel challenges, and in 2024, trailblazing litigation over AI's impact on intellectual property, civil liberties and privacy will be hashed out in courtrooms across the country.
December 07, 2023
A California federal judge Thursday asked counsel for Sarah Silverman and other authors to explain why she shouldn't trim secondary claims from their copyright infringement suit over OpenAI's artificial intelligence product, pointing to the "short and sweet" opinion of another federal judge tossing similar claims against Meta.
June 29, 2023
OpenAI is profiting from authors' stolen works as its ChatGPT scoops up copyrighted materials as part of its "training," according to a new proposed class action in California federal court over the artificial intelligence company's practice of harvesting information from across the internet.