Microsoft AI scraping comments surface in New York Times copyright case
An unsealed plaintiffs’ brief attributes the “largest theft of labor” remark to Microsoft’s Brent Hecht; Microsoft says it was not...
By Renata Fuchs 3 weeks agoSection
Policy
Federal Register pulls Qwen search tool after scrutiny of Alibaba model
The National Archives removed Alibaba’s Qwen search option from the Federal Register as U.S. agencies accuse its developer of mode...
By Dominic Okoye 3 weeks ago
PassThePopcorn lawsuit dismissed, but sanctions dispute remains
Copyright claims against six private torrent trackers have been dropped, while a federal court retains a sanctions matter over the...
By Renata Fuchs 3 weeks ago
Epstein estate CSAM lawsuit seeks victim identification process
Two women seek a court-supervised effort to identify and notify people depicted in material seized from Jeffrey Epstein.
By Dominic Okoye 3 weeks ago
No FLOCK Act would tie highway funding to camera restrictions
A bipartisan proposal would withhold 10% of certain transportation funds from states that allow broader use of Flock-style plate r...
By Dominic Okoye 4 weeks ago
California net neutrality law faces BEAD funding condition
California is nearing $1.86 billion in BEAD funding under terms that could limit enforcement of its net neutrality law against fun...
By Dominic Okoye 4 weeks ago
Anthropic Sony piracy lawsuit cites staff chat about Z-Library
Music publishers allege Anthropic obtained pirated books containing lyrics and sheet music; Anthropic denies the books trained com...
By Dominic Okoye 1 month ago
Trump threatens FCC complaint against Kristen Welker over endorsement remarks
Trump said Kristen Welker would face FCC “rebuke or punishment”; NBC backed its Meet the Press host and FCC limits make the threat...
By Renata Fuchs 1 month ago
Meta child safety settlement reaches up to $18 billion as Florida opts out
Meta will impose teen time and overnight limits on Facebook and Instagram, while Florida says it will take its claims to trial.
By Renata Fuchs 1 month ago
xAI Grok CSAM training lawsuit alleges abusive images entered dataset
A proposed class action alleges xAI used CSAM in Grok training and seeks damages and orders to delete material and halt future gen...
By Renata Fuchs 1 month ago
Twitter.now launch puts Operation Bluebird’s trademark claim before the court
Operation Bluebird has launched Twitter.now, but its claim that X abandoned the Twitter brand remains unresolved in federal court.
By Renata Fuchs 1 month ago
Trump semiconductor tariffs could broaden to data-center servers
A reported Trump tariff plan could cover chips and some products containing them, raising fresh concerns for AI data-center builde...
By Renata Fuchs 1 month ago