Rather than waiting for AI-specific legislation, plaintiffs are trying to fit AI-related conduct into existing statutes and receiving mixed results from courts:

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https://www.zwillgen.com/litigation/old-statutes-new-targets-plaintiffs-using-existing-privacy-consumer-laws-against-ai-companies/

Old Statutes, New Targets: How Plaintiffs Are Using Existing Privacy and Consumer Laws Against AI Companies

Rather than waiting for AI-specific legislation, plaintiffs are trying to fit AI-related conduct into existing statutes.

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Musk v. Altman trial narrows from grand AI safety claims to contract disputes over documents and control. Judge limited testimony about AI extinction risks, keeping focus on charitable trust issues. Musk's courtroom behavior included objecting from witness stand. Case reveals gap between industry's existential rhetoric and legal realities.

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https://www.implicator.ai/five-strange-scenes-from-musk-v-altman-2/

Five Strange Scenes From Musk v. Altman

Five courtroom scenes from Musk v. Altman show the AI industry's grand mythology shrinking into subpoenas, soft balls, yellow legal pads and one judge trying to keep the apocalypse off the record.

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Musk testified that xAI "partly" used OpenAI models for training during Oakland trial proceedings. Judge Rogers kept the case narrowed to charitable trust law rather than AI safety concerns. OpenAI's defense strategy appears to center on xAI as evidence that Musk operates within the same commercial AI landscape he criticizes. #AILitigation #OpenAI #xAI

https://www.implicator.ai/musk-said-xai-used-openai-models-then-the-court-got-smaller/

Musk Says xAI Used OpenAI Models in Trial

Musk said xAI had partly used OpenAI models while testifying in Oakland. That gave OpenAI a cleaner defense story: the founder accusing it of selling out humanity is also running inside the same AI race.

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Vancouver-based author J.B. MacKinnon has filed four proposed class action lawsuits against major technology companies, alleging they illegally used copyrighted works by Canadian writers to train artificial intelligence systems
https://www.publishersweekly.com/pw/by-topic/international/international-book-news/article/98333-canadian-author-sues-four-ai-companies-for-copyright-infringement.html
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Canadian Author Sues Four AI Companies for Copyright Infringement

J.B. MacKinnon of Vancouver has filed class action lawsuits against Anthropic, Databricks, Meta, and Nvidia, alleging they illegally used copyrighted works by Canadian writers to train their large language models.

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