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Browse AI-related cases by subject. Each case name links to its article, with a court label and a short description. Case articles contain procedural histories and sources. The directory includes pending and resolved matters.

Case Directory

Books and publishing

Journalism, reference works, and online content

  • The Seattle Times Company and Newsday LLC v. OpenAI Inc. et al. (S.D.N.Y.) — The Seattle Times Company and Newsday LLC allege that OpenAI and Microsoft copied their journalism for generative-AI training and outputs without permission; copyright, DMCA, and trademark claims were filed September 4, 2026.
  • ANI Media Pvt Ltd. v. OpenAI Inc. (Delhi H.C., India) — 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.
  • Brave Software, Inc. v. News Corp. (N.D. Cal.) — Brave seeks a declaration that its publisher-content practices are lawful; News Corp counterclaims that Brave scraped and resold copyrighted articles to AI companies.
  • CNN v. Perplexity AI Inc. (S.D.N.Y.) — CNN alleges Perplexity copied and distributed CNN stories, videos, images, and other works without authorization (May 2026).
  • Reddit Inc. v. Anthropic PBC (Cal. Super. Ct.) — Reddit sues Anthropic over unauthorized scraping for AI training; remanded to state court (March 2026).
  • Gracenote Media Services v. OpenAI (S.D.N.Y.) — Nielsen subsidiary sues OpenAI over unauthorized use of copyrighted media metadata database for AI training (March 2026).
  • Encyclopaedia Britannica v. OpenAI Inc. (S.D.N.Y.) — Reference publishers’ copyright action; stayed April 21, 2026 pending summary-judgment rulings in other active MDL cases.
  • Encyclopaedia Britannica v. Perplexity AI Inc. (S.D.N.Y.) — Reference publishers’ copyright and trademark action; September 9, 2026 order sets further discovery deadlines and a September 29 conference.
  • wikiHow, Inc. v. OpenAI Inc. (S.D.N.Y.) — wikiHow alleges OpenAI copied 11,211 how-to articles for model training, retrieval-augmented generation, and ChatGPT outputs without permission or payment (filed August 21, 2026).

Music and lyrics

  • SOCAN v. Suno Inc. (Fed. Ct., Can.) — Canada’s music-rights organization alleges that Suno infringes performing rights by generating and streaming outputs that replicate songs in SOCAN’s repertoire; the Federal Court of Canada action was filed September 2, 2026.
  • Sony Music Publishing et al. v. Anthropic PBC et al. (N.D. Cal.) — Sony Music Publishing, Warner Chappell Music, and affiliated publishers allege Anthropic copied protected lyrics and sheet music through torrenting, scraping, model training, and Claude outputs; copyright and copyright-management-information claims were filed August 28, 2026.
  • Kogon v. Google LLC (N.D. Ill.) — Musicians allege Google used copyrighted music without permission to train its Lyria AI models.
  • UMG Recordings Inc. v. Suno Inc. (D. Mass.) — Record labels allege Suno copied sound recordings to train its AI music service.
  • UMG Recordings Inc. v. Uncharted Labs Inc. (S.D.N.Y.) — Record labels sue Udio AI music platform.
  • Sony Music Entertainment v. Uncharted Labs Inc. (S.D.N.Y.) — Sony and nine affiliated labels allege Udio copied 30,117 recordings for AI training in a second federal copyright suit filed July 20, 2026.
  • BMG Rights Management v. Anthropic PBC (N.D. Cal.) — Music publisher sues over 493 song lyrics used in AI training (March 2026).
  • Round Hill Music LP v. Anthropic PBC (N.D. Cal.) — Music publisher alleges Anthropic copied protected lyrics for Claude training and output generation; copyright and DMCA claims filed August 17, 2026.
  • Round Hill Music LP v. Suno, Inc. et al. (N.D. Cal.) — Music publisher alleges Suno trained on protected works and Bright Data supplied scraping infrastructure; copyright and DMCA claims filed August 17, 2026.
  • GEMA v. Suno (LG München I, Ger.) — 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.

Images, visual art, and 3D models

  • Getty Images v. Stability AI (N.D. Cal.) — Getty Images alleges Stable Diffusion trained on copyrighted images; motion to dismiss mostly denied April 2026.
  • Beaulier v. NVIDIA et al. (N.D. Cal.; W.D. Wash.) — Artist Austin Beaulier brings separate actions alleging removal of copyright-management information from 3D models used in AI training.
  • Disney Enterprises v. MiniMax (C.D. Cal.) — Hollywood studios sue Chinese AI company over AI-generated character images; motions to dismiss filed April 2026 (September 2025).

Video and YouTube content

Employment Discrimination Cases

  • Doe Employees v. Meta Platforms Inc. (N.D. Cal.) — Current and former employees allege AI-assisted layoff decisions discriminated against workers with disabilities or protected leave.
  • Mobley v. Workday Inc. (N.D. Cal.) — Alleged discrimination by automated hiring tools; June 22 and July 1, 2026 orders narrowed claims and directed an amended complaint.

Corporate Governance Cases

  • Berliner v. Huang et al. (N.D. Ill.) — NVIDIA stockholder derivative action alleging that officers and directors exposed the company to copyright and biometric-privacy liability through AI-training practices.
  • Musk v. Altman et al. (N.D. Cal.) — May 20 order adopted the finding that trial claims were time-barred; remaining claims were addressed in a June 10 scheduling order and July 1 mediation order.
  • SEIU Pension Plan Master Trust v. Narayen (N.D. Cal.) — Shareholder derivative litigation concerning Adobe’s AI-training practices and alleged fiduciary breaches.

Defamation Cases

  • Starbuck v. Google LLC (Del. Super. Ct.) — 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.

Privacy Cases

  • Lowery v. Suno, Inc. (D. Mass.) — Musicians allege Suno commercially exploits name-indexed identities and voiceprints through AI-generated music; publicity-rights and biometric-privacy claims were filed August 31, 2026.
  • Pandiscia v. Twitch Interactive, Inc. (N.D. Cal.) — Proposed class action alleging Twitch and Amazon used creators’ video streams without permission or compensation to train Amazon generative-AI products.
  • Chamberlain v. Granola Inc. (N.D. Cal.) — 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.

Consumer Protection and Unlicensed Practice Cases

  • Surber v. Oura Inc. (N.D. Cal.) — Proposed consumer class action alleging that Oura marketed AI-generated sleep-stage estimates as accurate measurements.
  • State of Florida v. OpenAI Inc. (Fla. Cir. Ct.; removed to S.D. Fla.) — Florida AG civil enforcement action alleging ChatGPT safety misrepresentations, deceptive trade practices, negligence, product-liability violations, and public nuisance (filed June 1, 2026).
  • Nippon Life v. OpenAI Foundation (N.D. Ill.) — Insurer sues OpenAI for unlicensed practice of law via ChatGPT (March 2026).
  • Kistler v. Eightfold AI Inc. (N.D. Cal.) — FCRA class action challenging AI hiring tools as consumer reports (January 2026).
  • Landsheft v. Apple Inc. (N.D. Cal.) — Consumer class action over advertising of enhanced Siri features; settlement has preliminary approval, with a final-approval hearing set for February 24, 2027.
  • Pennsylvania v. Character Technologies Inc. (Pa. Commw. Ct.) — Pennsylvania enforcement action alleging a Character.AI chatbot engaged in the unlicensed practice of medicine.
  • K.G.M. v. Meta Platforms, Inc. (Cal. Super. Ct.) — Social-media product-liability litigation concerning alleged harm from platform design.

Product Liability, Personal Injury and Wrongful Death Cases

  • Parish v. OpenAI, Inc. (Cal. Super. Ct.) — Estate alleges ChatGPT reinforced a user's religious delusions and contributed to her death; wrongful-death and product-liability claims filed June 15, 2026.
  • Gavalas v. Google LLC (N.D. Cal.) — Wrongful-death action; August 5 dismissal hearing taken under submission.
  • Huballa v. Google LLC (N.D. Cal.) — Removed civil action against Google; the case article identifies the limits of the available record.
  • Stacey v. Altman (N.D. Cal.) — Tumbler Ridge wrongful-death and product-liability action filed April 29, 2026.
  • Winters v. OpenAI (Cal. Super. Ct.) — Alleged injuries from ChatGPT medical advice; the reviewed complaint bears an August 3, 2026 filing stamp.
  • Carrier v. OpenAI (Cal. Super. Ct.) — California wrongful-death/product-liability suit alleging ChatGPT failed to intervene after repeated self-harm discussions.

Child Safety Cases

  • New Mexico v. Meta Platforms Inc. (N.M. Dist. Ct.) — State enforcement action concerning alleged child-safety violations on Meta’s platforms.
  • Doe v. X.AI Corp. (N.D. Cal.) — 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 1 v. X.AI Corp. (N.D. Cal.) — CSAM survivor alleges xAI trained Grok on abuse material depicting her and generated new CSAM; proposed nationwide class action filed August 26, 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.

AI-Assisted Filings and Attorney Sanctions

Privilege and Work Product Cases

  • United States v. Heppner (S.D.N.Y.) — Criminal case addressing privilege claims for materials generated using a public AI tool.
  • Warner v. Gilbarco (E.D. Mich.) — Civil litigation addressing work-product protection for a self-represented litigant’s AI-assisted materials.

Patent and Authorship Cases

Constitutional and Regulatory Challenges

  • X.AI LLC v. Ellison (D. Minn.) — First Amendment challenge to Minnesota’s AI nudification law; preliminary injunction denied September 4, 2026.
  • The Babylon Bee v. Castillo (D.N.M.) — First Amendment challenge to New Mexico HB 182's disclaimer requirements for AI-generated political satire (August 2026).
  • Anthropic PBC v. U.S. Department of War (N.D. Cal.) — Court ruled for Anthropic on August 27, 2026, finding the Pentagon’s supply-chain risk measures violated the First Amendment and due process.
  • XAI v. Bonta (C.D. Cal.) — 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 (D. Colo.) — xAI challenges Colorado AI Act on constitutional grounds; DOJ intervenes alongside xAI (2025–present).

Computer Access and AI Agents

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