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Wired AI
Jul 28, 2026

Can the New York Times Save Journalism From Our AI Overlords?

In 2023, the Times sued OpenAI and Microsoft for copyright infringement. They've since spent more than $20 million on the case, and publisher A.G. Sulzberger has no plans to stop fighting it.

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Zapier AI Blog
Jul 28, 2026

What is omnichannel customer experience?

Last week, I had to return some workout clothes to a company that I've decided to redact, as I don't want to get sued. I started on the app but gave up halfway through as I was being led on a virtual goose chase. I then called the support line and had to explain the whole thing again to a very nice person who had no idea I'd ever opened the app. To add insult to injury, I got an email a few hours later asking me to rate the app experience. Three touchpoints, minimal memory, and one frazzled (to

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TechCrunch AI
Jul 21, 2026

Anthropic's landmark $1.5B copyright settlement is approved

The final approval settles one case, but it doesn't resolve the broader issue of using copyrighted works to train AI models.

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TechCrunch AI
Jul 19, 2026

Can an Apple lawsuit derail OpenAI's hardware plans?

On the latest episode of Equity, we debate whether Apple's lawsuit will cast over OpenAi's much-discussed plans to get into hardware and go public.

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TechCrunch AI
Jul 14, 2026

OpenAI pushes back on Apple trade secret lawsuit

OpenAI has issued another statement on the lawsuit, this time suggesting it lacks merit.

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TechCrunch AI
Jul 14, 2026

Google faces another AI training lawsuit from major publishers

Hachette, Cengage, Elsevier, and other publishers allege that Google trained its AI on copyrighted works without the necessary permissions.

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TechCrunch AI
Jul 13, 2026

The wildest allegations in Apple's trade secrets lawsuit against OpenAI

Apple's trade secrets lawsuit against OpenAI contains allegations that range from employees joking about unauthorized access to Apple's systems to claims that job candidates were asked to bring Apple hardware to interviews. Here are the complaint's most eye-catching claims.

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SiliconANGLE AI
Jul 11, 2026

Apple sues OpenAI, former employees over alleged intellectual property theft

Apple Inc. today sued OpenAI Group PBC for allegedly stealing intellectual property related to its consumer devices. The iPhone maker filed the complaint with the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California. OpenAI entered the consumer electronics market last year when it bought io Products Inc., a startup founded by former Apple executives. [...] The post Apple sues OpenAI, former employees over alleged intellectual property theft appeared first on SiliconANGLE.

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TechCrunch AI
Jul 10, 2026

Apple sues OpenAI over alleged trade secret theft

Apple alleges the misconduct was directed by OpenAi's senior leadership, including a long-time former employee.

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TechCrunch AI
Jul 9, 2026

New York Times says OpenAI hid evidence in ChatGPT copyright trial

News publishers say OpenAI hid tools and datasets that could identify copyrighted journalism in ChatGPT outputs, escalating their lawsuit with a new motion for sanctions.

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TechCrunch AI
Jun 29, 2026

Robot hand company settles Tesla trade secret suit and announces $11M raise

The startup, Proception, is taking a unique approach to collecting training data to tackle one of the hardest problems in robotics: hands.

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TechCrunch AI
Jun 12, 2026

Chinese cybercrime operation that used AI to scam 'hundreds of thousands of victims' sued by Google

Google has filed a lawsuit to dismantle the infrastructure behind an alleged Chinese cybercrime operation called Outsider Enterprise, which it says used AI to scam hundreds of thousands of victims. According to Google, the group sent 2.5 million scam texts to Android users in a two-week period, deployed 9,000 fake websites and one million fraudulent domains, and impersonated Google and other brands to steal passwords and credit card details. Google is coordinating with the FBI and major US carriers, and the FBI says the group's phishing platform enabled the theft of an estimated 3.87 million credit cards since July 2023.

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The Verge AI
Jun 10, 2026

Google won't just admit it's feeding YouTube creators to its music AI

A group of independent musicians is suing Google, claiming the company trained its Lyria 3 music-generation AI on their songs uploaded to YouTube without permission or pay. Google has filed a motion to dismiss, arguing that YouTube's terms of service already grant it a broad license to use those uploads, and that the musicians have not proven their specific works were used. Notably, Google has not directly confirmed whether it trained Lyria on the songs in question. The proposed class action sits in the US District Court for the Northern District of Illinois.

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Zapier AI Blog
Jun 5, 2026

The 6 best electronic signature apps to sign documents online in 2026

This Zapier guide recommends the best electronic signature apps for signing documents online in 2026. The author, a freelance tech writer based in Ireland who has signed dozens of contracts over a decade-plus, tested more than 40 eSignature apps and selected six. A key finding is that legally binding electronic signatures are largely a solved problem, so switching apps is rarely worth it if your current tool works.

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MIT Tech Review
Jun 4, 2026

How courts are coping with a flood of AI-generated lawsuits

Most days in her chambers, Judge Maritza Braswell, a federal magistrate judge in Colorado, sifts through stacks of documents written by people without a lawyer. Many of them can't afford to hire a lawyer, and others have cases too weak or too small to interest one. She reads each one carefully, mindful of how daunting...

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