Summary
What started as three separate cases—Alter v. OpenAI, Authors Guild v. OpenAI, and Basbanes v. OpenAI) has been consolidated into a single action against OpenAI and Microsoft. Plaintiffs alleged that OpenAI and Microsoft are liable for copyright infringement arising from the use of plaintiffs’ works to train defendants’ AI models.
What We’re Watching
Basbanes is currently stayed pending a ruling on class certification in Alter v. OpenAI.