The penalty cost for pirating copyrighted works to train AI bots could exceed $1 trillion, which could scare AI firms into ...

Two federal judges in the same courthouse came to different opinions on whether AI firms are breaching copyrights, signaling ...

The first-of-its-kind ruling that condones AI training as fair use will likely be viewed as a big win for AI companies, but it also notably put on notice all the AI companies that expect the same ...

Anthropic noted statutory damages for the use of millions of works could be “ruinous,” but District Judge William Alsup said, ...

On July 17, 2025, US District Court Judge William Alsup approved a class certification against Anthropic for copyright infringement.

In his ruling, Alsup claimed that, by training its LLM without the authors’ permission, Anthropic did not infringe on copyrighted materials because the work it produced was, in his eyes, original. He ...

A California federal judge ruled on Thursday that three authors suing artificial intelligence startup Anthropic for copyright ...

While the startup has won its “fair use” argument, it potentially faces billions of dollars in damages for allegedly pirating ...

Two judges recently nudged us toward an answer. More than 40 lawsuits have been filed against AI companies since 2022. The ...

There are dozens of similar copyright lawsuits working through the courts right now, with cases filed against all the top ...

Judge William Alsup taking photos at Yosemite. Photo: John Patrick O'Grady . For another, the California tiger salamander, described as having a "wide mouth charmingly outlined in yellow, ...