Copyright
Jul 22, 2026
Judge Approves Anthropic's $1.5B Copyright Deal
A federal judge has approved a landmark $1.5 billion settlement between Anthropic and a class of authors who alleged the company trained Claude on pirated books. The deal — the largest known copyright recovery in history — pays roughly $3,000 per book and sets a precedent for how AI companies may reckon with training data liability.
AI
Copyright
Anthropic
Jul 21, 2026
Chinese AI Is Splitting Trump's Inner Circle
Moonshot's free, open-source Kimi model is forcing a reckoning inside the Trump administration over how to handle Chinese AI. Meanwhile, Anthropic's $1.5 billion copyright settlement sets a new record — yet many creators aren't celebrating.
AI
Policy
China
Jul 16, 2026
Hacked Code Suggests Suno Scraped YouTube for AI
A breach of Suno's internal systems has exposed source code that allegedly reveals the AI music startup scraped YouTube for training data. The findings raise serious questions about copyright compliance and data sourcing practices across the generative audio space.
AI
Music
Startups
Jul 15, 2026
Major Publishers Sue Google Over Unauthorized AI Training
A coalition of major publishers including Hachette, Cengage, and Elsevier has filed suit against Google, alleging the company used copyrighted works to train its AI models without permission. The lawsuit adds to a growing wave of copyright litigation targeting AI developers. Here's what the case means for the industry.
AI
Legal
Jul 5, 2026
Midjourney Pushes Hollywood to Disclose Its Own AI Use
Midjourney is turning the tables on three Hollywood studios in an ongoing legal dispute, seeking to compel them to reveal how they use AI internally. The image generation company argues that the studios' own AI practices are directly relevant to the case. Here's what we know.
Midjourney
Hollywood
AI Legal Disputes