All of the parties in the consolidated AI copyright infringement cases against OpenAI and Microsoft in New York’s Southern District filed motions for summary judgement. There is one set for the books plaintiffs (covered here) and another set for the news plaintiffs (led by the New York Times, not covered here). The books suit is led by the Authors Guild and named plaintiffs including David Baldacci, John Grisham, Elin Hilderbrand, Christina Baker Kline, George R.R. Martin and Jodi Picoult, first brought in late 2023. The plaintiffs declare that, “OpenAI’s GPT models pose an existential threat to those who write and […]
