Here are additional lawsuit updates.
AI Lawsuits: October 2025 Updates
October 30 - Lawsuit Settlement: Universal Music Group and AI song generation platform Udio have settled a copyright infringement lawsuit and agreed to team up on new music creation and streaming platform, the Associated Press reported.
October 30 - Content Licensing Agreement: Gannett has struck an AI licensing pact with Microsoft, SeekingAlpha reported. The partnership surfaced ahead of Microsoft's launch of Publisher Content Marketplace, the report noted.
October 22 - Reddit Lawsuit vs. Perplexity: Social media platform Reddit sued Perplexity AI and three other entities, alleging their involvement in an “industrial-scale, unlawful” economy to “scrape” the comments of millions of Reddit users for commercial gain. (Source: PBS)
October 15 - AI Lawsuit vs. Salesforce: Novelists Molly Tanzer and Jennifer Gilmore filed a proposed class action lawsuit vs. Salesforce, alleging the cloud software company used thousands of books without permission to train its AI software. (Source: Reuters)
October 10 - AI Lawsuit Damages?: OpenAI and Anthropic are considering tapping investor funds to settle AI-related lawsuits in lieu of insurers who won’t fully cover AI risks, the Financial Times reported and Semafor analyzed.
October 10 - Open AI Lawsuit Implications: OpenAI failure to shield internal communications about pirated books from copyright plaintiffs threatens to expose the company to billions in damages and potentially debilitating sanctions. (Source: Bloomberg Law)
October 10 - AI Lawsuit vs. Apple: Two neuroscientists sued Apple, alleging the tech company misused thousands of copyrighted books to train its Apple Intelligence AI model, Reuters reported. Susana Martinez-Conde and Stephen Macknik, professors at SUNY Downstate Health Sciences University in Brooklyn, New York, told the court in a proposed class action that Apple used illegal "shadow libraries" of pirated books to train Apple Intelligence, the report said. (Source: Reuters)
October 9 - Lawsuit Victors vs. Anthropic: South African author Zakes Mda confirmed that he is one of several authors who prevailed in a class action lawsuit against Anthropic for using their works to train AI models without permission. (Source: The Star)
October 9 - Lawsuit vs. Anthropic: Music publishers can't add lyric piracy claims to Anthropic AI training lawsuit, a court ruled. (Source: Billboard)
October 8 - Anthropic Update: Anthropic lost a bid to dismiss parts of a copyright infringement lawsuit brought by music publishers over Anthropic's alleged misuse of their song lyrics in its AI training. (Source: Reuters)
October 1 - Anthropic's Stance: Anthropic urged a federal judge to bar music publishers from deposing their CEO and publicly disclosing data it extracted from pirate libraries. (Source: Bloomberg Law).
AI Lawsuits: September Updates
September 26 - Antitrust Probe: UK regulators are investigating Amazon's $4 billion investment in Anthropic, probing potential antitrust issues that could stifle competition in the growing AI market. (Source: WebProNews, September 26)
September 25- Lawsuit Settlement: A federal judge preliminarily approved a landmark $1.5 billion settlement of a copyright class action brought by a group of authors against Anthropic. (Source: Reuters)
September 20 - Anthropic Lawsuit Settlement Challenges: The Anthropic AI copyright settlement must clear multiple logistical hurdles while also satisfying a judge -- who could still send the case to trial. (Source: Bloomberg Law)
September 18 - Data Center Water Consumption Lawsuit: Microsoft’s $3.3 billion data center being built in Mount Pleasant — on land previously owned by Foxconn — is at the center of a lawsuit, just months before it’s set to open in early 2026, Spectrum News reported. The lawsuit expresses concerns about data center water consumption.
September 13 - Lawsuit vs. Google: Penske Media -- the owner of Rolling Stone, Billboard and Variety -- sued Google, alleging the technology giant's AI summaries use its journalism without consent and reduce traffic to its websites. (Source: Reuters)
September 5 - Anthropic Lawsuit Settlement Terms: Anthropic has agreed to pay $1.5 billion to settle a class-action lawsuit by book authors who say the company took pirated copies of their works to train its chatbot. (Source: The Associated Press)
September 2 -Reddit vs Anthropic: Reddit's lawsuit against Anthropic over the AI developer’s scraping of user posts isn’t a federal copyright issue and should return to state court, Reddit asserted. (Source: Bloomberg)
AI Lawsuits: August 2025 Updates
August 26 - Lawsuit vs OpenAI: The parents of a teen who died by suicide after ChatGPT coached him on methods of self harm sued OpenAI and CEO Sam Altman, alleging the company knowingly put profit above safety when it launched the GPT-4o version of its AI chatbot in 2024. (Source: Reuters)
August 26 - Anthropic Settles Lawsuit: Anthropic has resolved a class action lawsuit from a group of U.S. authors who argued that its AI training infringed their copyrights, marking the first settlement in a string of such major industry lawsuits. (Source: Reuters)
August 25- xAI Files Lawsuit vs Rivals: Elon Musk's xAI sued Apple and ChatGPT maker OpenAI in U.S. federal court in Texas, alleging they conspired to thwart AI competition. (Source: CNN)
August 25 - Potential AI Revenue Share: Perplexity AI Inc. offering publishers a revenue-share plan as the AI company looks to deal with criticism and legal action from some media outlets over use of their work. (Source: Bloomberg)
August 22 - Authors Lawsuit vs. Anthropic: Multiple authors' groups urged a court to reject Anthropic's effort to delay a copyright trial against the AI company. (Source: Bloomberg Law)
August 12 - Music Publishers vs. Anthropic: Music publishers suing Anthropic PBC over its AI training want to add a claim to their copyright complaint, accusing the Claude-maker of illegally downloading sheet music from pirate sites. (Source: Bloomberg)
August 11 - Anthropic Case Will Proceed: A California federal judge rejected Anthropic's attempt to cancel a copyright-related trial set for December 2025. (Source: Bloomberg Law)
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It is important to understand that while AI technology brings many benefits, there are also legal issues that need to be resolved, especially in relation to copyright. Hopefully, all parties can find a fair and balanced solution so that innovation can continue to thrive without compromising the rights of content creators. Thank you for the very informative information!
is the page not being updated anymore? i come back here every few weeks or so lol
Hi Bruno: I unplugged for a portion of May 2025 to rethink some of Sustainable Tech Partner's content strategy. The timeline is now updated to reflect milestones through June 15, 2025. Thank you for coming back for the updates, and for taking the time to post a comment. Best,
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Can you update again to reflect the current status as of July?
Dear AvidReader: Thank you for your readership and the nudge. We've updated the article as of July 29. 2025. -jp
This timeline is great and all, but it doesn't answer a bigger question I've been pondering, which is how do we stop the likes of Jensen Huang, Lisa Su, Sam Altman and others from just having their way unchecked. The latest news has been about their seemingly uncontrolled data center construction projects causing harm to the residents and neighbors of said projects. People are complaining about their health being impacted and difficulties with greatly increased electricity bills. We've got the whole thing going on now with the RAM and storage prices just going up and up and up with no obvious limit in sight. How do we stop these trillion-dollar corporations cold? How do we make them stop with all this? Surely there has to be a way to force them to heel. How do we put these damned CEOs down, once and for all, for the good of mankind and the planet? Those are my concerns and thanks for any replies.
Hi Stephen: Thanks for your readership and comments. I understand and empathize with many of your concerns. But I don't see those executives & their corporations as all bad or all good. I believe there are nuances.
I don't see a need to "put these damned CEOs down, once and for all, for the good of mankind and the planet," as you state.
I do see valid concerns about electricity bills, seemingly uncontrolled data center projects, health, and rising technology prices.
In those areas, a growing number of towns and municipalities are voting no or pushing back against data center initiatives. As USA Today reported, Surging electricity rates put data centers on 2026 ballot.
And Microsoft, for instance, has vowed to pay its own way to ensure Microsoft data centers don't trigger rising electricity prices for local communities.
I'd encourage you to reach out to your local government representatives to express your concerns. And to vote in every election. And to join grass roots groups that are organizing against runaway Big Tech projects.
But I'd also encourage you and all readers to gather all sides of the story. How are certain data centers and their associated applications truly helping humankind? How are certain sustainable IT businesses ensuring that data centers mitigate or at least minimize their environmental impact?
Thousands of hardworking, ethical people work for Big Tech, midsize tech and small tech. I encourage our readers to keep those hardworking folks and their authentic missions in mind: Scientific research. Climate research. Health care. And so much more.
Thank you again for taking the time to express your concerns and views.
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This timeline is incredibly insightful! It’s fascinating to see how various tech giants are navigating the legal landscape surrounding generative AI. The impact of these lawsuits could shape the future of AI development and usage, and I'm especially interested in how the outcomes will influence ethical guidelines in the industry. Thanks for compiling such a detailed resource!
Thanks for taking the time to read the timeline and post a comment. We'll strive to keep the timeline updates coming.
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