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  1. October 25, 2024

    OpenAI, Authors Battle Over Execs' Texts And Proof Of Harm

    California labor law doesn't shield OpenAI from producing CEO Sam Altman's and President Greg Brockman's texts and social media messages relevant to a copyright infringement lawsuit, authors alleging OpenAI and Microsoft illegally used their copyrighted works to train artificial intelligence program ChatGPT have told a New York federal judge.

  2. April 02, 2024

    Calif. IP Owners Can't Intervene In NY Case, Judge Says

    A New York federal judge has refused to let copyright holders who have sued in California into litigation in the Empire State accusing OpenAI and Microsoft of copyright infringement.

  3. January 01, 2024

    These Are The High-Stakes AI Legal Battles To Watch In 2024

    Love it or hate it, the growing adoption of generative artificial intelligence tools has given society no choice but to grapple with their novel challenges, and in 2024, trailblazing litigation over AI's impact on intellectual property, civil liberties and privacy will be hashed out in courtrooms across the country.

  4. December 20, 2023

    More Nonfiction Writers Slam Microsoft, OpenAI In IP Suit

    Kai Bird, co-author of the book adapted into summer blockbuster "Oppenheimer," and other Pulitzer Prize-winning nonfiction writers added their names to a proposed class action Tuesday in New York federal court alleging Microsoft and OpenAI used copyrighted works without permission to train artificial intelligence program ChatGPT.

  5. November 21, 2023

    OpenAI, Microsoft Face Latest Copyright Suit Over ChatGPT

    OpenAI and Microsoft have drawn a proposed class action from New York Times best-selling author Julian Sancton and other writers Tuesday who allege they used copyrighted works to train the artificial intelligence program ChatGPT without permission.