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  1. January 25, 2024

    'What's The Point?': Meta AI Judge Doubts Lead Counsel Bid

    A California federal judge on Thursday questioned a request to appoint the Joseph Saveri Law Firm to be interim lead counsel in putative class copyright litigation against Meta from comedian Sarah Silverman and other authors over the tech giant's AI product, saying before there's a certified class, "What's the point?"

  2. January 01, 2024

    California Cases To Watch In 2024

    Legal experts following Golden State courts in 2024 are tracking groundbreaking lawsuits against artificial-intelligence developers brought by content creators, high-stakes antitrust cases against BigTech companies, and a wave of fresh litigation over the scope of California's Private Attorneys General Act.

  3. January 01, 2024

    These Are The High-Stakes AI Legal Battles To Watch In 2024

    Love it or hate it, the growing adoption of generative artificial intelligence tools has given society no choice but to grapple with their novel challenges, and in 2024, trailblazing litigation over AI's impact on intellectual property, civil liberties and privacy will be hashed out in courtrooms across the country.

  4. December 13, 2023

    Sarah Silverman, Authors Trim Meta AI Copyright Claim

    Comedian Sarah Silverman and several authors have launched a revised copyright infringement claim alleging that Meta trained its "Llama" AI model using copyrighted works, shortly after a California judge ruled the brunt of an initial complaint was "not viable."

  5. November 20, 2023

    Meta Scores Partial Win In Sarah Silverman's AI Copyright Suit

    A California federal judge on Monday threw out the bulk of comedian Sarah Silverman's copyright suit against Meta stemming from its artificial intelligence product LLaMA, calling her theories of liability "not viable," but giving her and two other authors the opportunity to amend and refile most of their claims.

  6. November 09, 2023

    Meta Close To Trimming Sarah Silverman's AI Copyright Suit

    A California federal judge indicated Thursday he'll dismiss with leave to amend part of a copyright suit against Meta brought by comedian Sarah Silverman and two other authors over the tech giant's AI product LLaMA, including a claim for vicarious infringement the judge called "clearly meritless."

  7. September 19, 2023

    Meta Slams Copyright Claims In Sarah Silverman's AI Suit

    Meta Platforms Inc. wants a California federal court to mostly toss a copyright suit from stand-up comedian Sarah Silverman and a pair of authors over its AI product LLaMA, saying using words to train the system is fair use.

  8. July 10, 2023

    Sarah Silverman Brings Copyright Suits Against OpenAI, Meta

    Stand-up comedian Sarah Silverman and a duo of authors have slapped artificial intelligence makers OpenAI and Meta Platforms with copyright suits in California federal court over their AI products ChatGPT and LLaMA, respectively, adding to a flurry of recent infringement litigation over AI's use of protected works.