Cases

This page tracks active and significant AI-related legal cases, including copyright disputes, privacy litigation, and regulatory challenges.

Active Litigation

Copyright Cases

• 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
• 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
• 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 allege Anthropic trained Claude on pirated books; $1.5B settlement awaiting final approval; 91.3% claim rate; fairness hearing May 14, 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)
• April 2026 — Reddit v. Anthropic — Federal court remands case to state court, rejects copyright preemption
• 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 — German performing rights organization sues Suno AI for unauthorized use of copyrighted musical compositions for AI training; ruling scheduled June 12, 2026 (January 2025)

Employment Discrimination Cases

• Mobley v Workday Inc — AI hiring tools vendor liability for age/race/disability discrimination; conditional ADEA collective action certified (May 2025)

Corporate Governance Cases

• 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)

Consumer Protection and Unlicensed Practice Cases

• 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)

Product Liability and Wrongful Death Cases

• 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)

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)
• 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

• Thaler v Vidal — Can AI be an inventor under patent law?

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
• 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)

Recent Developments

• 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 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: [[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
• 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
• 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
• April 2026 — GEMA v Suno — German performing rights organization ruling scheduled June 12, 2026
• 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

Categories

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)
• Disney v MiniMax Film studios copyright suit against Chinese video-generation company (filed March 2026)
• Lyon v Adobe Inc Author Douglas Lyon consolidated complaint against Adobe (filed April 2026)