A group of publishers and authors have filed a class-action lawsuit against Google, accusing the tech giant of using their copyrighted works to train its artificial intelligence platform, Gemini. The group of plaintiffs, which includes Hachette, Cengage, Elsevier, author Scott Turow and SCRIBE, also alleges that Google intentionally removed or changed copyright information from these
OpenAI on Tuesday rejected allegations made by Apple in a trade secret lawsuit, suggesting the complaint is baseless. “While we take these allegations seriously, we are not aware of any evidence that this complaint has merit,” OpenAI said in a statement, first shared by Bloomberg reporter Ed Ludlow on X. “We believe in fair competition
A group of 12 Democratic state attorneys general is suing to block Paramount Skydance’s merger with Warner Bros. Discovery, arguing that the transaction violates antitrust law by giving the combined company undue power in three markets: wide-release theatrical distribution, blockbuster movies and basic cable television. Paramount says the lawsuit “distorts established antitrust law” and that
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Apple’s trade secret lawsuit against OpenAI is packed with a series of extraordinary allegations that paint a picture of a coordinated effort to extract confidential information from current and former Apple employees. But what’s perhaps most surprising is how matter-of-factly the alleged misconduct is described, including a message that reads, “LOL, I found out I
Apple presented a lawsuit against OpenAI and its hardware chief on Friday for allegedly stealing the iPhone maker’s trade secrets, including unreleased parts and prototypes, confidential designs and documents on secretive projects. The lawsuit accuses OpenAI hardware director Tang Tan, who spent 24 years at Apple and oversaw iPhone product design, and his colleagues at