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Sony Music and Warner Sue Anthropic Over Alleged Mass Music Piracy to Train Claude
Major music publishers claim the AI company behind Claude illegally torrented and scraped millions of copyrighted songs, lyrics, and sheet music. A previous case already cost Anthropic $1.5 billion.

Sony Music and Warner Chappell Sue Anthropic for Billions Over AI Training Data
The lawsuit names Anthropic co-founders personally and alleges employees downloaded millions of pirated books and scraped licensed song lyrics to train the Claude AI.

Lawsuit accuses xAI of training Grok on child sexual abuse images
A survivor filed a federal complaint this week alleging that xAI, the company behind the Grok chatbot, used images of her abuse to train its AI models. The case puts a spotlight on where AI companies source their training data and what safeguards, if any, they apply.

Woman says her stepfather used Grok to turn her childhood photo into explicit images
A new plaintiff has joined a lawsuit against Elon Musk's AI company xAI, alleging the chatbot Grok was used to generate thousands of explicit images of her from a single photo taken when she was 11.

OpenAI Asks Judge to Throw Out Apple's Trade Secrets Lawsuit
OpenAI calls Apple's case 'meritless' and 'rotten to its core' as a court hearing looms for 1 October.

OpenAI Fires Back at Apple's Trade-Secrets Lawsuit With Emails and Text Messages
Apple says two former employees stole confidential information on their way out. OpenAI says the allegations are false, and it published the messages to prove it.

Pennsylvania Private School Asks Court to Drop AI Nude Lawsuit, Says It Did Report the Harm
Lancaster Country Day School told a judge this week that victims' claims are false on two key points. The school says it did alert law enforcement, and that the tip it received never named any specific girls.

Yale student paid $208,500 for an MBA. Then an AI-cheating accusation cost him his valedictorian spot.
Thierry Rignol says he was on track to graduate first in his class. A suspension and a failing grade later, he filed a 13-count federal lawsuit against one of the most famous universities in the world.

Artist sues AI meme generator for turning his viral comic into an ad machine
Elmer Saflor drew the 'Running Away Balloon' comic in 2017. Now he says a company is selling paid subscriptions to a tool that copies it without permission.

Apple Is Suing OpenAI Over Stolen Secrets. What Does That Mean for OpenAI's Big Hardware Bet?
A trade secrets lawsuit filed last Friday could slow OpenAI's push into consumer hardware and complicate a stock market debut expected as soon as late this year.

Apple Sues OpenAI: What the Lawsuit Is Really About
Apple has taken OpenAI to court in a complaint that legal experts say is bold but raises questions about what Apple actually wants to win.

Apple Sues OpenAI Over Stolen Trade Secrets, and the Timing Hits Hard
Apple claims more than 400 of its former employees took confidential knowledge to OpenAI. The lawsuit lands just as OpenAI is trying to go public.

Apple Sues OpenAI Over Stolen Hardware Secrets, and Some OpenAI Staff Are Fighting Back Against Their Own Boss
A lawsuit, a rogue political fundraising group, and New York's new data centre ban all landed in the same week. Here is what each one actually means.

Major publishers sue Google over Gemini AI training, claiming it used their books without permission
Hachette, Elsevier, and others say Google fed their copyrighted books into its Gemini AI system, and that the company knew it was on shaky legal ground.

Publishers sue Google over Gemini AI training, calling it one of history's biggest copyright violations
Hachette, Cengage, and Elsevier claim Google used millions of copyrighted books without permission to build its Gemini AI. A federal lawsuit filed in New York could reshape how AI companies gather training data.