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PYMNTS — AI · Oct 1, 2026, 2:02 PM EDT
Federal Appeals Court Deals Blow to Use of Copyrighted Works to Train AI
The first federal appeals ruling on AI training data holds that copying copyrighted works to build a competing product is not fair use, raising legal exposure for AI builders.
Tech Brew — AI Business · Sep 18, 2026, 3:12 PM EDT
AI scraping is theft, admits a Microsoft exec
Newly unsealed filings show Microsoft and OpenAI insiders privately calling AI scraping mass theft, handing publishers ammunition in a copyright fight that could reset training-data licensing.
EFF Deeplinks · Sep 18, 2026, 7:31 AM EDT
Victory! Appeals Court Rejects Expansive New Copyright Claim
AI developers and other creators dodge a new copyright liability theory that could have made generating code without attribution metadata independently actionable.
Cloudflare Blog — AI · Sep 15, 2026, 10:12 AM EDT
Have it both ways: stay discoverable in search while disallowing AI training
Site owners can now refuse AI training by major mixed-use crawlers without disappearing from Google, Apple, or Microsoft search results.
r/LocalLLaMA · Sep 11, 2026, 12:12 AM EDT
Anthropic: Detecting and Addressing AI Misuse by China – September 2026
Anthropic's September 2026 report names seven Chinese AI firms it alleges ran large-scale campaigns to siphon Claude's reasoning into rival models, escalating pressure on API access controls and enforcement.
The Decoder · Sep 9, 2026, 11:41 AM EDT
Suno launches v6 music models built with Warner, BMG, and Believe
Suno users must move to v6 as older models shut down, while undisclosed training data and ongoing Universal and Sony lawsuits leave the service's legal footing unresolved.
Ars Technica AI · Aug 27, 2026, 5:23 PM EDT
Elon Musk’s xAI used child porn to train Grok models, lawsuit says
xAI faces a lawsuit claiming Grok was trained on child abuse imagery, intensifying legal and regulatory scrutiny of AI-generated CSAM.
404 Media · Aug 26, 2026, 10:04 AM EDT
Inside the Warehouse Where Amazon Scans and Destroys Books for AI Training
Amazon is scanning and destroying thousands of books for AI training data at a Las Vegas warehouse, 404 Media reports.