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== Active Litigation == | == Active Litigation == | ||
* '''[[Hachette Book Group Inc v Google LLC|Hachette Book Group, Inc. v. Google LLC]]''' — publishers and Scott Turow allege Google used copyrighted books and articles to train Gemini AI models. ''See: [[News-July-14-2026|July 14, 2026 coverage]]'' | |||
=== Copyright Cases === | === Copyright Cases === | ||
* | * '''[[ANI Media Pvt Ltd v OpenAI Inc|''ANI Media Pvt Ltd v. OpenAI Inc.'']]''' — ANI alleges OpenAI used its news reports for ChatGPT training; the Delhi High Court denied interim relief on July 24, 2026 after prima facie findings favoring OpenAI. ''See: [[News-July-24-2026|July 24, 2026 coverage]]'' | ||
* '''[[Brave Software Inc v News Corp|''Brave Software, Inc. v. News Corp'']]''' — Brave seeks a declaration that its publisher-content practices are lawful; News Corp counterclaims that Brave scraped and resold copyrighted articles to AI companies. ''See: [[News-July-22-2026|July 22, 2026 coverage]]'' | |||
* '''[[Elsevier Inc v Meta Platforms Inc|Elsevier Inc. v. Meta Platforms Inc.]]''' — Proposed publisher-and-author class action alleging Meta used copyrighted works from books, journals, and textbooks to train Llama. ''See: [[News-May-10-2026|May 10, 2026 coverage]]'' | |||
* [[CNN v Perplexity AI Inc]] — CNN alleges Perplexity copied and distributed CNN stories, videos, images, and other works without authorization (May 2026). ''See: [[News-May-28-2026|May 28, 2026 coverage]]'' | |||
* [[Getty Images v Stability AI]] — Getty Images alleges Stable Diffusion trained on copyrighted images; motion to dismiss mostly denied April 2026 | * [[Getty Images v Stability AI]] — Getty Images alleges Stable Diffusion trained on copyrighted images; motion to dismiss mostly denied April 2026 | ||
* [[Kadrey v Meta Platforms Inc]] — Authors allege Meta trained LLaMA on pirated books | * [[Kadrey v Meta Platforms Inc]] — Authors allege Meta trained LLaMA on pirated books | ||
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* [[UMG Recordings Inc v Suno Inc]] — UMG/Sony v. Suno active; WMG settled (Nov 2025); settlement talks stalled over fees/equity (April 2026) | * [[UMG Recordings Inc v Suno Inc]] — UMG/Sony v. Suno active; WMG settled (Nov 2025); settlement talks stalled over fees/equity (April 2026) | ||
* [[UMG Recordings Inc v Uncharted Labs Inc]] — Record labels sue Udio AI music platform | * [[UMG Recordings Inc v Uncharted Labs Inc]] — Record labels sue Udio AI music platform | ||
* [[Sony Music Entertainment v Uncharted Labs Inc|Sony Music Entertainment v. Uncharted Labs Inc.]] — Sony and nine affiliated labels allege Udio copied 30,117 recordings for AI training in a second federal copyright suit filed July 20, 2026. ''See: [[News-July-20-2026|July 20, 2026 coverage]]'' | |||
* [[Ted Entertainment v OpenAI Inc]] — YouTubers allege DMCA violations for video scraping (April 2026) | * [[Ted Entertainment v OpenAI Inc]] — YouTubers allege DMCA violations for video scraping (April 2026) | ||
* [[Ted Entertainment v Apple Inc]] — YouTubers allege DMCA violations for video scraping (April 2026) | * [[Ted Entertainment v Apple Inc]] — YouTubers allege DMCA violations for video scraping (April 2026) | ||
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* [[Businessing LLC v Runway AI Inc]] — YouTuber Ali Spagnola alleges DMCA violations for video scraping (February 2026) | * [[Businessing LLC v Runway AI Inc]] — YouTuber Ali Spagnola alleges DMCA violations for video scraping (February 2026) | ||
* [[Beaulier v NVIDIA et al]] — 3D model artist Austin Beaulier sues NVIDIA, Meta, Microsoft, Roblox for DMCA CMI removal in AI training (March 2026) | * [[Beaulier v NVIDIA et al]] — 3D model artist Austin Beaulier sues NVIDIA, Meta, Microsoft, Roblox for DMCA CMI removal in AI training (March 2026) | ||
* [[Bartz v Anthropic PBC]] — Authors | * [[Bartz v Anthropic PBC]] — Authors alleged Anthropic trained Claude on pirated books; the $1.5B settlement received final approval July 20, 2026. ''See: [[News-July-20-2026|July 20, 2026 approval update]]'' | ||
* [[BMG Rights Management v Anthropic PBC]] — Music publisher sues over 493 song lyrics used in AI training (March 2026) | * [[BMG Rights Management v Anthropic PBC]] — Music publisher sues over 493 song lyrics used in AI training (March 2026) | ||
* [[Reddit Inc v Anthropic PBC]] — Reddit sues Anthropic over unauthorized scraping for AI training; remanded to state court (March 2026) | * [[Reddit Inc v Anthropic PBC]] — Reddit sues Anthropic over unauthorized scraping for AI training; remanded to state court (March 2026) | ||
* [[Gracenote Media Services v OpenAI]] — Nielsen subsidiary sues OpenAI over unauthorized use of copyrighted media metadata database for AI training (March 2026) | * [[Gracenote Media Services v OpenAI]] — Nielsen subsidiary sues OpenAI over unauthorized use of copyrighted media metadata database for AI training (March 2026) | ||
* [[Encyclopaedia Britannica v OpenAI Inc]] — Britannica and Merriam-Webster sue OpenAI for scraping 100K articles/dictionary entries to train ChatGPT (March 2026) | * [[Encyclopaedia Britannica v OpenAI Inc]] — Britannica and Merriam-Webster sue OpenAI for scraping 100K articles/dictionary entries to train ChatGPT (March 2026) | ||
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* [[Chmura v Snap Inc]] — YouTuber sues Snap Inc for DMCA circumvention in AI video training (February 2026) | * [[Chmura v Snap Inc]] — YouTuber sues Snap Inc for DMCA circumvention in AI video training (February 2026) | ||
* [[Disney Enterprises v MiniMax]] — Hollywood studios sue Chinese AI company over AI-generated character images; motions to dismiss filed April 2026 (September 2025) | * [[Disney Enterprises v MiniMax]] — Hollywood studios sue Chinese AI company over AI-generated character images; motions to dismiss filed April 2026 (September 2025) | ||
* [[GEMA v Suno]] — | * [[GEMA v Suno]] — Munich Regional Court ruled for GEMA on July 31, 2026, finding copyright infringement in six represented works; revenue disclosure and damages proceedings remain, and Suno is considering an appeal. ''See: [[News-July-31-2026|July 31, 2026 coverage]]''<ref name="star-suno-july31">[https://www.thestar.com.my/tech/tech-news/2026/07/31/german-court-rules-ai-music-firm-suno-broke-copyright-rules Reuters via The Star, “German court rules AI music firm Suno broke copyright rules,” July 31, 2026]</ref> | ||
* [[Lyon v Adobe Inc]] — Author Douglas Lyon consolidated complaint against Adobe (filed April 2026) | |||
=== Employment Discrimination Cases === | === Employment Discrimination Cases === | ||
* '''[[Doe Employees v Meta Platforms Inc|''Doe Employees v. Meta Platforms Inc.'']]''' — current and former Meta employees allege AI-assisted layoff decisions discriminated against workers with disabilities or protected leave; a judge denied a temporary restraining order while leaving the preliminary-injunction request pending. ''See: [[News-July-20-2026|July 20, 2026 ruling update]]'' | |||
* [[Mobley v Workday Inc]] — AI hiring tools vendor liability for age/race/disability discrimination; conditional ADEA collective action certified (May 2025) | * [[Mobley v Workday Inc]] — AI hiring tools vendor liability for age/race/disability discrimination; conditional ADEA collective action certified (May 2025) | ||
=== Corporate Governance Cases === | === Corporate Governance Cases === | ||
* '''[[Berliner v Huang et al|''Berliner v. Huang et al.'']]''' — NVIDIA stockholder derivative action alleging that officers and directors exposed the company to copyright and biometric-privacy liability through AI-training practices. ''See: [[News-July-31-2026|July 31, 2026 coverage]]''<ref name="cns-nvidia-derivative">[https://www.courthousenews.com/investors-blast-nvidia-over-avalanche-of-ai-copyright-suits/ Courthouse News Service, “Investors blast Nvidia over avalanche of AI copyright suits,” August 3, 2026]</ref> | |||
* [[Musk v Altman et al]] — Elon Musk sues OpenAI cofounders for breach of charitable trust and unjust enrichment (fraud claims dropped April 25, 2026); bench trial with advisory jury began April 27, 2026; [[News-April-29-2026|Musk testified April 28]] | * [[Musk v Altman et al]] — Elon Musk sues OpenAI cofounders for breach of charitable trust and unjust enrichment (fraud claims dropped April 25, 2026); bench trial with advisory jury began April 27, 2026; [[News-April-29-2026|Musk testified April 28]] | ||
* [[SEIU Pension Plan Master Trust v Narayen]] — First shareholder derivative suit against AI company executives for AI training on copyrighted works (filed April 24, 2026) | * [[SEIU Pension Plan Master Trust v Narayen]] — First shareholder derivative suit against AI company executives for AI training on copyrighted works (filed April 24, 2026) | ||
=== Defamation Cases === | |||
* '''[[Starbuck v Google LLC|''Starbuck v. Google LLC'']]''' — Robert Starbuck alleges Google AI generated and published false statements accusing him of crimes and misconduct; Google's motion to dismiss was denied July 24, 2026. ''See: [[News-July-24-2026|July 24, 2026 coverage]]'' | |||
=== Privacy Cases === | |||
* '''[[Chamberlain v Granola Inc|''Chamberlain v. Granola Inc.'']]''' — proposed class action alleging Granola’s AI note-taking app recorded and transcribed conversations without all participants’ consent and used transcription data for AI-model training. ''See: [[News-July-30-2026|July 30, 2026 coverage]]'' | |||
=== Consumer Protection and Unlicensed Practice Cases === | === Consumer Protection and Unlicensed Practice Cases === | ||
* [[State of Florida v OpenAI Inc|State of Florida v. OpenAI Inc.]] — Florida AG civil enforcement action alleging ChatGPT safety misrepresentations, deceptive trade practices, negligence, product-liability violations, and public nuisance (filed June 1, 2026). ''See: [[News-June-01-2026|June 1, 2026 coverage]]'' | |||
* [[Nippon Life v OpenAI Foundation|Nippon Life v. OpenAI Foundation]] — Insurer sues OpenAI for unlicensed practice of law via ChatGPT (March 2026) | * [[Nippon Life v OpenAI Foundation|Nippon Life v. OpenAI Foundation]] — Insurer sues OpenAI for unlicensed practice of law via ChatGPT (March 2026) | ||
* [[Kistler v Eightfold AI Inc|Kistler v. Eightfold AI Inc.]] — FCRA class action challenging AI hiring tools as consumer reports (January 2026) | * [[Kistler v Eightfold AI Inc|Kistler v. Eightfold AI Inc.]] — FCRA class action challenging AI hiring tools as consumer reports (January 2026) | ||
* '''Settled''': [[News-Apple-Siri-Settlement-May-2026|Apple Siri False Advertising Settlement]] (N.D. Cal., 2026) — $250M class action settlement over delayed AI Siri features promoted with iPhone 16. ''Settled May 2026.'' | |||
* [[Pennsylvania v Character AI|Pennsylvania v. Character Technologies Inc.]] — Pennsylvania AG sues Character.AI over chatbot posing as licensed medical professional, alleging unlicensed practice of medicine (May 2026) | |||
* [[KGM v Meta Platforms et al|KGM v. Meta Platforms / Google]] — Landmark social media addiction verdict: jury finds Meta ($4.2M) and Google ($1.8M) negligent in platform design causing mental harm; Meta moves to overturn verdict under Section 230 (March–May 2026). ''See: [[News-Meta-Section-230-Addiction-Verdict-May-2026|May 6, 2026 news coverage]]'' | |||
=== Product Liability and Wrongful Death Cases === | === Product Liability and Wrongful Death Cases === | ||
* [[Estate of Christian Faith Madison v OpenAI Inc|''Estate of Christian Faith Madison v. OpenAI Inc.'']] — estate alleges ChatGPT reinforced a user's religious delusions and contributed to her death; wrongful-death and product-liability claims filed June 15, 2026. ''See: [[News-July-20-2026|July 20, 2026 coverage]]'' | |||
* [[Gavalas v Google LLC|Gavalas v. Google LLC]] — Father sues Google for wrongful death, alleging Gemini AI chatbot manipulated son into suicide; ICMC set June 2 | * [[Gavalas v Google LLC|Gavalas v. Google LLC]] — Father sues Google for wrongful death, alleging Gemini AI chatbot manipulated son into suicide; ICMC set June 2 | ||
* [[Huballa v Google LLC]] — Multiple plaintiffs sue Google over Gemini AI chatbot (removed to federal court April 2026) | * [[Huballa v Google LLC]] — Multiple plaintiffs sue Google over Gemini AI chatbot (removed to federal court April 2026) | ||
* Tumbler Ridge families sue OpenAI — seven families file wrongful death suit after school shooting, alleging OpenAI failed to alert police of shooter's ChatGPT activity (April 29, 2026). ''See: [[News-Tumbler-Ridge-Families-Sue-OpenAI-2026|News article]]'' | |||
=== Child Safety Cases === | |||
* [[New Mexico v Meta Platforms Inc]] — State of New Mexico sues Meta for child safety violations; $375M civil penalties assessed; remedies trial begins May 2026 | |||
* [[Doe v X.AI Corp]] — Minors allege xAI's Grok AI generated CSAM deepfakes from their real photographs; class action under Masha's Law and TVPA (March 2026) | |||
* '''[[Jane Doe v XAI Corp Arkansas|''Jane Doe v. X.AI Corp. (E.D. Ark.)'']]''' — family alleges xAI technology helped create or facilitate AI-generated child sexual abuse material from authentic photographs of a minor. ''See: [[News-Jane-Doe-v-XAI-Grok-CSAM-Arkansas-2026|July 23, 2026 coverage]]'' | |||
=== Privilege and Work Product Cases === | === Privilege and Work Product Cases === | ||
* [[United States v Heppner]] — First ruling on AI-generated materials and privilege: public AI tool use not protected (S.D.N.Y., February 2026) | * [[United States v Heppner]] — First ruling on AI-generated materials and privilege: public AI tool use not protected (S.D.N.Y., February 2026) | ||
* [[Warner v Gilbarco]] — Paired ruling: pro se plaintiff's AI-assisted materials protected under work product doctrine (E.D. Mich., February 2026) | * [[Warner v Gilbarco]] — Paired ruling: pro se plaintiff's AI-assisted materials protected under work product doctrine (E.D. Mich., February 2026) | ||
=== Patent and Authorship Cases === | === Patent and Authorship Cases === | ||
* [[University of Tennessee Research Foundation v Anthropic PBC|University of Tennessee Research Foundation v. Anthropic PBC]] — university research foundation alleges Anthropic infringes two neural-network and neuroscience-inspired computing patents. ''See: [[News-July-21-2026|July 21, 2026 coverage]]'' | |||
* [[www.ai.law Corp v Butler Labs Inc|www.ai.law Corp v. Butler Labs Inc.]] — AI.Law alleges Eve Legal infringes an AI-assisted legal-document drafting patent (June 2026). ''See: [[News-June-18-2026|June 18, 2026 coverage]]'' | |||
* [[Thaler v Vidal]] — Can AI be an inventor under patent law? | * [[Thaler v Vidal]] — Can AI be an inventor under patent law? | ||
=== Constitutional and Regulatory Challenges === | === Constitutional and Regulatory Challenges === | ||
* [[Anthropic PBC v U.S. Department of War]] — AI company challenges Trump administration supply-chain risk designation as First Amendment retaliation; preliminary injunction granted March 26, 2026 | * [[Anthropic PBC v U.S. Department of War]] — AI company challenges Trump administration supply-chain risk designation as First Amendment retaliation; preliminary injunction granted March 26, 2026 | ||
* [[XAI v Bonta]] — xAI challenges California AB 2013 AI training data transparency law on First Amendment, Takings, and Due Process grounds; preliminary injunction denied March 4, 2026 (December 2025) | * [[XAI v Bonta]] — xAI challenges California AB 2013 AI training data transparency law on First Amendment, Takings, and Due Process grounds; preliminary injunction denied March 4, 2026 (December 2025) | ||
* [[XAI Corp v Weiser|xAI v. Weiser]] — xAI challenges Colorado AI Act on constitutional grounds; DOJ intervenes alongside xAI (2025–present) | * [[XAI Corp v Weiser|xAI v. Weiser]] — xAI challenges Colorado AI Act on constitutional grounds; DOJ intervenes alongside xAI (2025–present) | ||
=== Product Liability and Personal Injury === | |||
* '''[[Winters v OpenAI LLC|Winters v. OpenAI]]''' — Florida pastor alleges ChatGPT-4o discouraged timely medical treatment for symptoms later diagnosed as pulmonary emboli; product-liability, negligence, privacy, and unfair-competition claims filed July 22, 2026. ''See: [[News-July-22-2026|July 22 coverage]]'' | |||
* '''[[Carrier v OpenAI Inc|Carrier v. OpenAI]]''' — California wrongful-death/product-liability suit alleging ChatGPT failed to intervene after repeated self-harm discussions. ''See: [[News-June-12-2026|June 12 coverage]]'' | |||
== Recent Developments == | == Recent Developments == | ||
* '''June 1, 2026''': [[State of Florida v OpenAI Inc|Florida sues OpenAI and Sam Altman]] — Florida AG files civil enforcement action over alleged ChatGPT safety misrepresentations. ''See: [[News-June-01-2026|June 1, 2026 coverage]]'' | |||
* '''May 7, 2026''': [[News-Meta-Section-230-Addiction-Verdict-May-2026|Meta Asks Judge to Overturn Social Media Addiction Verdict]] — Meta invokes Section 230; Google also moves to set aside $6M combined verdict | |||
* '''May 7, 2026''': [[News-Google-Chrome-Gemini-Nano-Privacy-May-2026|Google Chrome Silently Installs 4GB AI Model Without Consent]] — Privacy researcher reveals Chrome downloads Gemini Nano with no opt-in; raises GDPR and deceptive design concerns | |||
* '''May 5, 2026''': [[News-Google-MS-xAI-CAISI-Early-Model-Access-May-2026|Google, Microsoft, xAI Join CAISI]] — Three major AI companies join OpenAI and Anthropic in granting the U.S. Commerce Department early access to frontier AI models for evaluation | * '''May 5, 2026''': [[News-Google-MS-xAI-CAISI-Early-Model-Access-May-2026|Google, Microsoft, xAI Join CAISI]] — Three major AI companies join OpenAI and Anthropic in granting the U.S. Commerce Department early access to frontier AI models for evaluation | ||
* '''May 5, 2026''': [[News-Apple-Siri-Settlement-May-2026|Apple $250M Siri Settlement]] — Apple settles class action over false advertising of delayed AI Siri features | * '''May 5, 2026''': [[News-Apple-Siri-Settlement-May-2026|Apple $250M Siri Settlement]] — Apple settles class action over false advertising of delayed AI Siri features | ||
* '''May 4, 2026''': [[News-May-04-2026|May 4, 2026]] — EU compute plan criticized, Anthropic finalizes $1.5B Blackstone JV, unions back data centers, artist sues AI startup over comic | * '''May 4, 2026''': [[News-May-04-2026|May 4, 2026]] — EU compute plan criticized, Anthropic finalizes $1.5B Blackstone JV, unions back data centers, artist sues AI startup over comic | ||
* '''May 3, 2026''': [[News-May-03-2026|May 3, 2026]] — Pentagon awards 7 AI contracts, Oscars establish AI rules, ModelForge sued over Instagram scraping | * '''May 3, 2026''': [[News-May-03-2026|May 3, 2026]] — Pentagon awards 7 AI contracts, Oscars establish AI rules, ModelForge sued over Instagram scraping | ||
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* '''May 1, 2026''': [[News-Amazon-Rufus-AI-Lawsuit-May-2026|Amazon Sued Over AI Rufus]] — Class action alleges children's sunscreens sold on Amazon contain lead and that Rufus AI shopping assistant fails to disclose product safety information. | * '''May 1, 2026''': [[News-Amazon-Rufus-AI-Lawsuit-May-2026|Amazon Sued Over AI Rufus]] — Class action alleges children's sunscreens sold on Amazon contain lead and that Rufus AI shopping assistant fails to disclose product safety information. | ||
* '''April 30, 2026''': [[News New Mexico v Meta Shutdown Threat 2026|Meta threatens NM shutdown]] — Meta warns it may withdraw Facebook/Instagram from New Mexico if state judge orders sweeping child safety features. | * '''April 30, 2026''': [[News New Mexico v Meta Shutdown Threat 2026|Meta threatens NM shutdown]] — Meta warns it may withdraw Facebook/Instagram from New Mexico if state judge orders sweeping child safety features. | ||
* '''April 27, 2026''': [[News Musk v Altman Trial Begins April 27 2026|Musk v. Altman bench trial begins with advisory jury selection in Oakland — Elon Musk's charitable trust and unjust enrichment claims against OpenAI cofounders go to trial<ref name="reuters-trial">[https://www.reuters.com/technology/elon-musks-trial-against-sam-altman-reveal-ongoing-power-struggle-openai-2026-04-27/ Reuters, Elon Musk's trial against Sam Altman to reveal the ongoing power struggle for OpenAI]</ref> | * '''April 27, 2026''': [[News Musk v Altman Trial Begins April 27 2026|Musk v. Altman bench trial begins with advisory jury selection in Oakland — Elon Musk's charitable trust and unjust enrichment claims against OpenAI cofounders go to trial]]<ref name="reuters-trial">[https://www.reuters.com/technology/elon-musks-trial-against-sam-altman-reveal-ongoing-power-struggle-openai-2026-04-27/ Reuters, Elon Musk's trial against Sam Altman to reveal the ongoing power struggle for OpenAI]</ref> | ||
* '''April 24, 2026''': [[News DOJ Joins xAI Colorado AI Law Challenge 2026|DOJ intervenes in xAI v. Weiser, siding with xAI's challenge to Colorado SB 24-205 in the first federal intervention against a state AI law<ref name="bloomberg-doj">[https://news.bgov.com/business-and-practice/doj-joins-musks-xai-suit-against-colorado-ai-discrimination-law Bloomberg Law, DOJ Joins Musk's xAI Suit Against Colorado AI Discrimination Law]</ref> | * '''April 24, 2026''': [[News DOJ Joins xAI Colorado AI Law Challenge 2026|DOJ intervenes in xAI v. Weiser, siding with xAI's challenge to Colorado SB 24-205 in the first federal intervention against a state AI law]]<ref name="bloomberg-doj">[https://news.bgov.com/business-and-practice/doj-joins-musks-xai-suit-against-colorado-ai-discrimination-law Bloomberg Law, DOJ Joins Musk's xAI Suit Against Colorado AI Discrimination Law]</ref> | ||
* [[News Musk v OpenAI Trial April 2026|April 2026 — Musk v. Altman Trial Begins — Bench trial with advisory jury starts April 27; Musk dropped fraud claims April 24-25, case narrowed to breach of charitable trust and unjust enrichment]] | * [[News Musk v OpenAI Trial April 2026|April 2026 — Musk v. Altman Trial Begins — Bench trial with advisory jury starts April 27; Musk dropped fraud claims April 24-25, case narrowed to breach of charitable trust and unjust enrichment]] | ||
* [[News Florida AG Criminal Investigation OpenAI 2026|April 2026 — Florida AG Criminal Investigation — First criminal probe of an AI company; AG Uthmeier investigates OpenAI over FSU shooting]] | * [[News Florida AG Criminal Investigation OpenAI 2026|April 2026 — Florida AG Criminal Investigation — First criminal probe of an AI company; AG Uthmeier investigates OpenAI over FSU shooting]] | ||
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* [[News Nippon Life Sues OpenAI Unlicensed Law Practice 2026|March 2026 — Nippon Life v. OpenAI — Insurer sues OpenAI for unlicensed practice of law via ChatGPT]] | * [[News Nippon Life Sues OpenAI Unlicensed Law Practice 2026|March 2026 — Nippon Life v. OpenAI — Insurer sues OpenAI for unlicensed practice of law via ChatGPT]] | ||
* [[News BMG Sues Anthropic Copyright Lyrics 2026|March 2026 — BMG v. Anthropic — Music publisher sues over 493 copyrighted song lyrics in AI training]] | * [[News BMG Sues Anthropic Copyright Lyrics 2026|March 2026 — BMG v. Anthropic — Music publisher sues over 493 copyrighted song lyrics in AI training]] | ||
* [[ | * '''July 31, 2026''': [[GEMA v Suno|GEMA v. Suno]] — Munich Regional Court rules for GEMA; revenue disclosure and damages proceedings remain. ''See: [[News-July-31-2026|July 31, 2026 coverage]]''<ref name="star-suno-july31" /> | ||
* [[News Indie Artists v Google Lyria 2026|April 2026 — Indie Artists v Google — Indie musicians sue Google over AI training on YouTube clips]] | * [[News Indie Artists v Google Lyria 2026|April 2026 — Indie Artists v Google — Indie musicians sue Google over AI training on YouTube clips]] | ||
* [[News Anthropic 1.5B Settlement 2026|April 2026 — Anthropic Settlement — $1.5B settlement with authors; fairness hearing May 14, 2026]] | * [[News Anthropic 1.5B Settlement 2026|April 2026 — Anthropic Settlement — $1.5B settlement with authors; fairness hearing May 14, 2026]] | ||
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* [[News Ted Entertainment Sues OpenAI Apple Amazon DMCA 2026|April 2026 — Ted Entertainment DMCA Suits — YouTubers sue OpenAI, Apple, Amazon for DMCA video scraping]] | * [[News Ted Entertainment Sues OpenAI Apple Amazon DMCA 2026|April 2026 — Ted Entertainment DMCA Suits — YouTubers sue OpenAI, Apple, Amazon for DMCA video scraping]] | ||
* [[News Gracenote Media Services v OpenAI 2026|March 2026 — Gracenote v. OpenAI — Nielsen subsidiary sues OpenAI over metadata database]] | * [[News Gracenote Media Services v OpenAI 2026|March 2026 — Gracenote v. OpenAI — Nielsen subsidiary sues OpenAI over metadata database]] | ||
* [[News Reddit v Anthropic Remand 2026|April 2026 — Reddit v. Anthropic — Federal court remands case to state court, rejects copyright preemption]] | |||
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Latest revision as of 16:34, 6 August 2026
This page tracks active and significant AI-related legal cases, including copyright disputes, privacy litigation, and regulatory challenges.
Active Litigation
[edit]- Hachette Book Group, Inc. v. Google LLC — publishers and Scott Turow allege Google used copyrighted books and articles to train Gemini AI models. See: July 14, 2026 coverage
Copyright Cases
[edit]- ANI Media Pvt Ltd v. OpenAI Inc. — ANI alleges OpenAI used its news reports for ChatGPT training; the Delhi High Court denied interim relief on July 24, 2026 after prima facie findings favoring OpenAI. See: July 24, 2026 coverage
- Brave Software, Inc. v. News Corp — Brave seeks a declaration that its publisher-content practices are lawful; News Corp counterclaims that Brave scraped and resold copyrighted articles to AI companies. See: July 22, 2026 coverage
- Elsevier Inc. v. Meta Platforms Inc. — Proposed publisher-and-author class action alleging Meta used copyrighted works from books, journals, and textbooks to train Llama. See: May 10, 2026 coverage
- CNN v Perplexity AI Inc — CNN alleges Perplexity copied and distributed CNN stories, videos, images, and other works without authorization (May 2026). See: May 28, 2026 coverage
- Getty Images v Stability AI — Getty Images alleges Stable Diffusion trained on copyrighted images; motion to dismiss mostly denied April 2026
- Kadrey v Meta Platforms Inc — Authors allege Meta trained LLaMA on pirated books
- Carreyrou v Anthropic PBC — Opt-out authors sue Anthropic, Google, Meta, xAI, and Perplexity over AI training on copyrighted books (2025–2026)
- Kogon v Google LLC — Indie musicians sue Google for training Lyria 3 AI on 44M YouTube clips without consent (March 2026)
- UMG Recordings Inc v Suno Inc — UMG/Sony v. Suno active; WMG settled (Nov 2025); settlement talks stalled over fees/equity (April 2026)
- UMG Recordings Inc v Uncharted Labs Inc — Record labels sue Udio AI music platform
- Sony Music Entertainment v. Uncharted Labs Inc. — Sony and nine affiliated labels allege Udio copied 30,117 recordings for AI training in a second federal copyright suit filed July 20, 2026. See: July 20, 2026 coverage
- Ted Entertainment v OpenAI Inc — YouTubers allege DMCA violations for video scraping (April 2026)
- Ted Entertainment v Apple Inc — YouTubers allege DMCA violations for video scraping (April 2026)
- Ted Entertainment v Amazoncom Inc — YouTubers allege DMCA violations for video scraping (April 2026)
- Businessing LLC v Runway AI Inc — YouTuber Ali Spagnola alleges DMCA violations for video scraping (February 2026)
- Beaulier v NVIDIA et al — 3D model artist Austin Beaulier sues NVIDIA, Meta, Microsoft, Roblox for DMCA CMI removal in AI training (March 2026)
- Bartz v Anthropic PBC — Authors alleged Anthropic trained Claude on pirated books; the $1.5B settlement received final approval July 20, 2026. See: July 20, 2026 approval update
- BMG Rights Management v Anthropic PBC — Music publisher sues over 493 song lyrics used in AI training (March 2026)
- Reddit Inc v Anthropic PBC — Reddit sues Anthropic over unauthorized scraping for AI training; remanded to state court (March 2026)
- Gracenote Media Services v OpenAI — Nielsen subsidiary sues OpenAI over unauthorized use of copyrighted media metadata database for AI training (March 2026)
- Encyclopaedia Britannica v OpenAI Inc — Britannica and Merriam-Webster sue OpenAI for scraping 100K articles/dictionary entries to train ChatGPT (March 2026)
- Kleiner v Adobe Inc — Author sues Adobe for training SlimLM on pirated Books3/RedPajama dataset (February 2026)
- Chmura v Snap Inc — YouTuber sues Snap Inc for DMCA circumvention in AI video training (February 2026)
- Disney Enterprises v MiniMax — Hollywood studios sue Chinese AI company over AI-generated character images; motions to dismiss filed April 2026 (September 2025)
- GEMA v Suno — Munich Regional Court ruled for GEMA on July 31, 2026, finding copyright infringement in six represented works; revenue disclosure and damages proceedings remain, and Suno is considering an appeal. See: July 31, 2026 coverage[1]
- Lyon v Adobe Inc — Author Douglas Lyon consolidated complaint against Adobe (filed April 2026)
Employment Discrimination Cases
[edit]- Doe Employees v. Meta Platforms Inc. — current and former Meta employees allege AI-assisted layoff decisions discriminated against workers with disabilities or protected leave; a judge denied a temporary restraining order while leaving the preliminary-injunction request pending. See: July 20, 2026 ruling update
- Mobley v Workday Inc — AI hiring tools vendor liability for age/race/disability discrimination; conditional ADEA collective action certified (May 2025)
Corporate Governance Cases
[edit]- Berliner v. Huang et al. — NVIDIA stockholder derivative action alleging that officers and directors exposed the company to copyright and biometric-privacy liability through AI-training practices. See: July 31, 2026 coverage[2]
- Musk v Altman et al — Elon Musk sues OpenAI cofounders for breach of charitable trust and unjust enrichment (fraud claims dropped April 25, 2026); bench trial with advisory jury began April 27, 2026; Musk testified April 28
- SEIU Pension Plan Master Trust v Narayen — First shareholder derivative suit against AI company executives for AI training on copyrighted works (filed April 24, 2026)
Defamation Cases
[edit]- Starbuck v. Google LLC — Robert Starbuck alleges Google AI generated and published false statements accusing him of crimes and misconduct; Google's motion to dismiss was denied July 24, 2026. See: July 24, 2026 coverage
Privacy Cases
[edit]- Chamberlain v. Granola Inc. — proposed class action alleging Granola’s AI note-taking app recorded and transcribed conversations without all participants’ consent and used transcription data for AI-model training. See: July 30, 2026 coverage
Consumer Protection and Unlicensed Practice Cases
[edit]- State of Florida v. OpenAI Inc. — Florida AG civil enforcement action alleging ChatGPT safety misrepresentations, deceptive trade practices, negligence, product-liability violations, and public nuisance (filed June 1, 2026). See: June 1, 2026 coverage
- Nippon Life v. OpenAI Foundation — Insurer sues OpenAI for unlicensed practice of law via ChatGPT (March 2026)
- Kistler v. Eightfold AI Inc. — FCRA class action challenging AI hiring tools as consumer reports (January 2026)
- Settled: Apple Siri False Advertising Settlement (N.D. Cal., 2026) — $250M class action settlement over delayed AI Siri features promoted with iPhone 16. Settled May 2026.
- Pennsylvania v. Character Technologies Inc. — Pennsylvania AG sues Character.AI over chatbot posing as licensed medical professional, alleging unlicensed practice of medicine (May 2026)
- KGM v. Meta Platforms / Google — Landmark social media addiction verdict: jury finds Meta ($4.2M) and Google ($1.8M) negligent in platform design causing mental harm; Meta moves to overturn verdict under Section 230 (March–May 2026). See: May 6, 2026 news coverage
Product Liability and Wrongful Death Cases
[edit]- Estate of Christian Faith Madison v. OpenAI Inc. — estate alleges ChatGPT reinforced a user's religious delusions and contributed to her death; wrongful-death and product-liability claims filed June 15, 2026. See: July 20, 2026 coverage
- Gavalas v. Google LLC — Father sues Google for wrongful death, alleging Gemini AI chatbot manipulated son into suicide; ICMC set June 2
- Huballa v Google LLC — Multiple plaintiffs sue Google over Gemini AI chatbot (removed to federal court April 2026)
- Tumbler Ridge families sue OpenAI — seven families file wrongful death suit after school shooting, alleging OpenAI failed to alert police of shooter's ChatGPT activity (April 29, 2026). See: News article
Child Safety Cases
[edit]- New Mexico v Meta Platforms Inc — State of New Mexico sues Meta for child safety violations; $375M civil penalties assessed; remedies trial begins May 2026
- Doe v X.AI Corp — Minors allege xAI's Grok AI generated CSAM deepfakes from their real photographs; class action under Masha's Law and TVPA (March 2026)
- Jane Doe v. X.AI Corp. (E.D. Ark.) — family alleges xAI technology helped create or facilitate AI-generated child sexual abuse material from authentic photographs of a minor. See: July 23, 2026 coverage
Privilege and Work Product Cases
[edit]- United States v Heppner — First ruling on AI-generated materials and privilege: public AI tool use not protected (S.D.N.Y., February 2026)
- Warner v Gilbarco — Paired ruling: pro se plaintiff's AI-assisted materials protected under work product doctrine (E.D. Mich., February 2026)
Patent and Authorship Cases
[edit]- University of Tennessee Research Foundation v. Anthropic PBC — university research foundation alleges Anthropic infringes two neural-network and neuroscience-inspired computing patents. See: July 21, 2026 coverage
- www.ai.law Corp v. Butler Labs Inc. — AI.Law alleges Eve Legal infringes an AI-assisted legal-document drafting patent (June 2026). See: June 18, 2026 coverage
- Thaler v Vidal — Can AI be an inventor under patent law?
Constitutional and Regulatory Challenges
[edit]- Anthropic PBC v U.S. Department of War — AI company challenges Trump administration supply-chain risk designation as First Amendment retaliation; preliminary injunction granted March 26, 2026
- XAI v Bonta — xAI challenges California AB 2013 AI training data transparency law on First Amendment, Takings, and Due Process grounds; preliminary injunction denied March 4, 2026 (December 2025)
- xAI v. Weiser — xAI challenges Colorado AI Act on constitutional grounds; DOJ intervenes alongside xAI (2025–present)
Product Liability and Personal Injury
[edit]- Winters v. OpenAI — Florida pastor alleges ChatGPT-4o discouraged timely medical treatment for symptoms later diagnosed as pulmonary emboli; product-liability, negligence, privacy, and unfair-competition claims filed July 22, 2026. See: July 22 coverage
- Carrier v. OpenAI — California wrongful-death/product-liability suit alleging ChatGPT failed to intervene after repeated self-harm discussions. See: June 12 coverage
Recent Developments
[edit]- June 1, 2026: Florida sues OpenAI and Sam Altman — Florida AG files civil enforcement action over alleged ChatGPT safety misrepresentations. See: June 1, 2026 coverage
- May 7, 2026: Meta Asks Judge to Overturn Social Media Addiction Verdict — Meta invokes Section 230; Google also moves to set aside $6M combined verdict
- May 7, 2026: Google Chrome Silently Installs 4GB AI Model Without Consent — Privacy researcher reveals Chrome downloads Gemini Nano with no opt-in; raises GDPR and deceptive design concerns
- May 5, 2026: Google, Microsoft, xAI Join CAISI — Three major AI companies join OpenAI and Anthropic in granting the U.S. Commerce Department early access to frontier AI models for evaluation
- May 5, 2026: Apple $250M Siri Settlement — Apple settles class action over false advertising of delayed AI Siri features
- May 4, 2026: May 4, 2026 — EU compute plan criticized, Anthropic finalizes $1.5B Blackstone JV, unions back data centers, artist sues AI startup over comic
- May 3, 2026: May 3, 2026 — Pentagon awards 7 AI contracts, Oscars establish AI rules, ModelForge sued over Instagram scraping
- May 2, 2026: Musk v Altman Trial Day 5 — Judge rebukes Musk attorney Toberoff over $97B bid testimony; new evidence exhibits released. Trial resumes May 2.
- May 1, 2026: Amazon Sued Over AI Rufus — Class action alleges children's sunscreens sold on Amazon contain lead and that Rufus AI shopping assistant fails to disclose product safety information.
- April 30, 2026: Meta threatens NM shutdown — Meta warns it may withdraw Facebook/Instagram from New Mexico if state judge orders sweeping child safety features.
- April 27, 2026: Musk v. Altman bench trial begins with advisory jury selection in Oakland — Elon Musk's charitable trust and unjust enrichment claims against OpenAI cofounders go to trial[3]
- April 24, 2026: DOJ intervenes in xAI v. Weiser, siding with xAI's challenge to Colorado SB 24-205 in the first federal intervention against a state AI law[4]
- April 2026 — Musk v. Altman Trial Begins — Bench trial with advisory jury starts April 27; Musk dropped fraud claims April 24-25, case narrowed to breach of charitable trust and unjust enrichment
- April 2026 — Florida AG Criminal Investigation — First criminal probe of an AI company; AG Uthmeier investigates OpenAI over FSU shooting
- April 2026 — Carreyrou v. Anthropic — Opt-out authors file omnibus copyright lawsuit against Anthropic, Google, Meta, xAI, and Perplexity AI
- April 2026 — Kadrey v. Meta Fourth Amended Complaint — Court adds contributory infringement claim over Meta's torrenting activities
- April 2026 — Disney v. MiniMax — Defendants file motions to dismiss in major Hollywood studio v. Chinese AI company copyright case
- April 2026 — xAI v. Bonta — Federal court upholds California AI training data transparency law against xAI challenge
- March 2026 — Nippon Life v. OpenAI — Insurer sues OpenAI for unlicensed practice of law via ChatGPT
- March 2026 — BMG v. Anthropic — Music publisher sues over 493 copyrighted song lyrics in AI training
- July 31, 2026: GEMA v. Suno — Munich Regional Court rules for GEMA; revenue disclosure and damages proceedings remain. See: July 31, 2026 coverage[1]
- April 2026 — Indie Artists v Google — Indie musicians sue Google over AI training on YouTube clips
- April 2026 — Anthropic Settlement — $1.5B settlement with authors; fairness hearing May 14, 2026
- April 2026 — Major Labels Settle with Suno/Udio — Major labels settlement; WMG settled, UMG/Sony ongoing
- April 2026 — Ted Entertainment DMCA Suits — YouTubers sue OpenAI, Apple, Amazon for DMCA video scraping
- March 2026 — Gracenote v. OpenAI — Nielsen subsidiary sues OpenAI over metadata database
- April 2026 — Reddit v. Anthropic — Federal court remands case to state court, rejects copyright preemption
References
[edit]- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Reuters via The Star, “German court rules AI music firm Suno broke copyright rules,” July 31, 2026
- ↑ Courthouse News Service, “Investors blast Nvidia over avalanche of AI copyright suits,” August 3, 2026
- ↑ Reuters, Elon Musk's trial against Sam Altman to reveal the ongoing power struggle for OpenAI
- ↑ Bloomberg Law, DOJ Joins Musk's xAI Suit Against Colorado AI Discrimination Law