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Twitch streamers sue Amazon over AI training of content

A Connecticut-based Twitch streamer filed a class action lawsuit against the streaming platform and its parent company Amazon Amazon.com, Inc. on Thursday, alleging the companies harvested creators' video content without permission or compensation to train Amazon's generative AI models. The…

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Judge approves Anthropic’s $1.5B copyright settlement

A federal judge in San Francisco on Monday granted final approval to Anthropic's $1.5 billion settlement with authors who accused the AI company of using pirated books to train its chatbot Claude, bringing to a close the largest known copyright…

Meta appeals social media addiction verdict as EU demands design changes

Meta Platforms has formally appealed the landmark jury verdict in the K.G.M. v. Meta case, which found the company liable for designing addictive social media platforms that harmed a young user's mental health, according to Bloomberg. The appeal, filed Thursday,…

B.C. to pursue legal action against OpenAI over Tumbler Ridge mass shooting

The British Columbia government is preparing to pursue legal action against OpenAI over the Tumbler Ridge mass shooting, Attorney General Niki Sharma announced on Monday, escalating the province's response to one of the deadliest attacks in Canadian history.

Google hit with $1.5B Swedish ruling, South Korea charges

Alphabet was ordered by a Swedish court on Wednesday to pay 14.3 billion Swedish kronor — approximately $1.5 billion — in antitrust damages to Klarna's PriceRunner subsidiary, while South Korea's competition regulator separately accused Google of abusing its dominance in…

Paris court orders TotalEnergies to account for consumer emissions

A Paris court ruled on Thursday that TotalEnergies must account for the greenhouse gas emissions linked to its consumers' use of oil and gas products, giving the French energy major six months to revise its legally required risk assessment plan.

Google to appeal German ruling holding it liable for AI Overviews

Alphabet's Google announced on Friday that it will appeal a German court ruling that holds the company legally liable for false claims generated by its AI Overviews feature, in a case the company says could have broad implications for artificial…

Jury sides with OpenAI, rejects Musk’s lawsuit

A federal jury in Oakland, California, sided with OpenAI and Sam Altman on Monday, rejecting Elon Musk's lawsuit alleging the artificial intelligence company betrayed its nonprofit mission when it shifted toward a for-profit model. The nine-member jury found that Musk's…

Altman testifies Musk sought control of OpenAI before departure

OpenAI CEO Sam Altman took the witness stand on Tuesday in a federal courtroom in Oakland, California, pushing back against Elon Musk's claims that he betrayed the AI company's founding nonprofit mission. Altman testified that it was Musk who sought…

Disney owes $600K for stolen motion-capture tech in Beast film

The 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals today reversed a lower court ruling and reinstated a $600,000 jury verdict against Walt Disney The Walt Disney Company, finding the entertainment giant vicariously infringed on motion-capture technology used in its 2017 live-action…

Billionaire sues Christie’s over £14.5M Picasso’s hidden past

A London-based billionaire venture capitalist has filed a lawsuit against Christie's auction house, claiming the prestigious firm concealed the criminal background of the previous owner of a Pablo Picasso painting valued at £14.5 million ($19.6 million).