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OpenAI argues Apple's lax employee offboarding and personal cloud account use undermines its claim that information qualifies as protected trade secrets.

The AI music startup introduces watermarking, fingerprinting, and stricter community rules as lawsuits mount from major labels and artist groups.

Apple files for expedited discovery and a preliminary injunction, claiming at least 11 additional former employees may have participated in transferring confidential information to OpenAI.

A federal judge rejected xAI's attempt to block enforcement of Minnesota's first-in-nation ban on non-consensual intimate image generation, citing the company's delayed filing.

A.G. Sulzberger explains why the Times is spending tens of millions to sue OpenAI and Microsoft, and what journalism's future looks like under AI pressure.

Anthropic's landmark settlement closes a piracy case but leaves AI training copyright rules fragmented across competing court decisions.

A Munich Regional Court ruling marks the first time a tech company has been held responsible for generative AI-produced misinformation in search results.

A nine-member jury unanimously ruled that Elon Musk filed his breach-of-trust claims against OpenAI too late, ending the high-profile case without addressing the merits.

OpenAI has retained outside counsel to evaluate breach-of-contract options against Apple after the 2024 ChatGPT-Siri integration failed to deliver promised subscriber growth.

Apple will pay up to $250 million to resolve consumer claims it overpromised Apple Intelligence capabilities to iPhone 16 buyers.

Pennsylvania sued Character.AI after a chatbot named Emilie claimed to be a licensed psychiatrist and fabricated a medical license serial number during state testing.

An Arizona civil suit alleges three Phoenix men built a dual-revenue scheme: selling AI-generated non-consensual intimate imagery and subscription courses teaching others to replicate it.

Musk's cross-examination in his lawsuit against OpenAI revealed damaging contradictions, suggesting his departure was about control, not mission.

Elon Musk testified under oath that a dispute with Google's Larry Page over existential AI risk was a core driver in co-founding OpenAI, and that recruiting Ilya Sutskever ended their friendship.

Elon Musk testified in a California federal trial against OpenAI, seeking to unwind its for-profit restructuring and oust CEO Sam Altman.