AI Copyright
Sony and Warner Sued Anthropic and Named Amodei and Mann Personally
Thirty-five music publishers filed in California on 28 August. The complaint states no damages figure, and its exhibit of works is called non-exhaustive.
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AI Copyright
The Same Day Suno Lost, Adobe Won — on the Words "Upon Information and Belief"
Judge Corley dismissed the Nemotron half of an author's copyright claim as merely possible rather than plausible. The Books3 half was not challenged and stands.
Aug 21, 2026
AI Copyright
Suno Lost 3 Dismissal Counts, But Won One Already Abandoned
Judge Saylor held that a copyright plaintiff need not produce the infringing output at the pleading stage — the point on which AI music cases have been turning.
Aug 21, 2026
AI Safety
A Fourth Family Is Suing xAI Over Grok-Generated Abuse Images
The newest complaint is filed for a 16-year-old boy, the first male plaintiff in the series. All four trace back to one Arkansas photographer's arrest in June.
Aug 16, 2026
Microsoft AI
Microsoft Told the Court That Punishing OpenAI Would Land on Microsoft Too
In the New York Times copyright MDL, Microsoft filed against sanctions sought from its own co-defendant — arguing a jury cannot be told to hold an adverse inference against only one of them.
Aug 14, 2026
Apple AI
Apple Named 11 More Ex-Employees and Sought an Injunction
Both moves landed on 4 August. Apple filed for a preliminary injunction and expedited discovery; OpenAI published private message logs in a post on its own website. No court has ruled on anything.
Aug 4, 2026
Apple AI
Apple Widens Its OpenAI Trade-Secrets Fight With Letters to Dozens of Former Staff
The Financial Times reports Apple sent document-preservation notices to about 40 ex-employees now at OpenAI, a sign it believes alleged secret-stealing runs deeper than its lawsuit first named.
Jul 18, 2026
OpenAI
Apple Sues OpenAI, Alleging a 'Show and Tell' Scheme to Steal Secrets for AI Hardware
The two companies partnered on Siri barely a year ago. Now Apple accuses OpenAI's chief hardware officer and a departed engineer of hauling confidential iPhone-maker know-how to the startup's device push.
Jul 11, 2026
OpenAI
News Publishers Ask Judge to Sanction OpenAI, Alleging It Hid Evidence
A New York Times-led coalition says OpenAI claimed it could not search its training data for copyrighted journalism — while an engineer's deposition showed it had already done exactly that, before the first lawsuit was filed.
Jul 10, 2026
