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)
• 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.

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 5, 2026: Apple $250M Siri Settlement — Apple settles class action over false advertising of delayed AI Siri features. 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)