Publishers and Authors Hit Google With New Class Action Suit
Publishers Weekly reported on July 13, 2026 that a group of publishers and authors has filed a class-action lawsuit against…
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Kenyan Court Denies Copyright to Author Over AI-Assisted Work
Daily Nation reported on July 12, 2026 that a Kenyan author lost a copyright claim after using artificial intelligence in…
Meta Pulls Instagram Tagging Feature After Deepfake Backlash
Days after launching a way to generate AI images by @-mentioning public Instagram accounts, Meta reversed course amid outcry over…
Suno’s AI Music Training Faces Twin Reckonings in Munich, Boston
Parallel copyright cases against AI music generator Suno are set for rulings this month in Germany and the U.S., testing…
Data Sovereignty Hardens Into a Strategic Moat for Agentic AI
As agentic AI systems chew through proprietary enterprise data, control over where that data sits — and who profits from…
Apple Sues OpenAI, Alleging Trade-Secret Theft by Its Own Leadership
Apple's new lawsuit accuses OpenAI's senior leadership — including a former Apple employee — of directing the alleged theft, raising…
EU Regulators Hit a US Wall Chasing Private Credit Data
European supervisors seeking visibility into private credit exposures are running into jurisdictional limits on the US side, according to Reuters…
Small-Town Paper Cheers On AI Scraping Suits
A Minnesota paper's editorial voices hope that copyright litigation against AI firms will finally curb uncompensated scraping of news content…
NYT-Led Publishers Accuse OpenAI of Hiding Evidence, Seek Sanctions
A 16-member coalition led by The New York Times says OpenAI concealed its ability to search training data and may…
Another Local Paper’s Owner Sues Over AI Training Data
The parent company of the Greenfield Recorder has joined a growing wave of publisher litigation accusing AI developers of scraping…