Google settles Incognito Mode lawsuit by removing collected data
Google has reached a final settlement with plaintiffs in a lawsuit accusing it of still collecting end-user data when using the Chrome browser in Incognito mode. The company promises to delete all the collected data, thereby avoiding paying damages. However, the settlement does not concern all user... Read more
OpenAI fights off Musk allegations and reveals internal emails
Last week, Elon Musk filed a lawsuit against OpenAI, which he co-founded. Now that company is defending itself against Musk's allegation that it is unfairly pursuing a for-profit model. Indeed, old emails allegedly show that the tech tycoon himself wanted OpenAI to bring in more money to develop AI... Read more
Samsung forced to pay Dutch telco KPN $287 million in patent case
A US jury has ruled in favour of KPN in a patent case against Samsung. The smartphone maker failed to pay $287 million (265 million euros) for the use of KPN patents, the lawsuit alleged.
KPN has now reported on the favourable jury decision from a week and a half ago in its annual report. The fo... Read more
Musk sues OpenAI and its CEO Sam Altman for ‘abandoning mission’
Elon Musk is filing a lawsuit against ChatGPT maker OpenAI and CEO Sam Altman. The tech tycoon alleges that Altman and his company placed profits above seeking to benefit humanity.
Musk, along with Altman, was one of the founders of OpenAI in 2015. He was one of the initiative's key investors. A... Read more
Google accused of abuse of power by 32 major media companies
Dozens of European media companies claim Google has deprived them of 2.1 billion in ad revenue. The tech company is accused of abuse of power.
The group of media companies comes from 13 different European countries. Axel Springer, publisher of Politico, is also part of this collective. "Without ... Read more
OpenAI makes ‘bizarre’ claim that The New York Times hacked ChatGPT
The New York Times has accued OpenAI of copyright violations. To substantiate these allegations, the news organization allegedly had ChatGPT hacked. An outside party caused the chatbot to reproduce copyrighted information, OpenAI claims. Not everyone agrees with them.
The fact that ChatGPT is tr... Read more
Shareholder sues Juniper over HPE acquisition
HPE's proposed acquisition of Juniper Networks is facing a new challenge. A shareholder is accusing Juniper of violating securities laws, alleging the networking vendor failed to disclose information to investors.
According to plaintiff John Zaita, disclosures to shareholders about financial arr... Read more
Apple once again banned from selling its latest smartwatches in the US
A US judge has restarted the ban on sales of Apple's latest smartwatches. This is despite Apple's promise to remove the Blood Oxygen feature from the new Watch Series 9 and Ultra 2 series. With this, the tech giant wanted to circumvent an import ban in the US. It planned to do so in response to a l... Read more
Writers’ lawsuit against Microsoft and OpenAI
Two American nonfiction writers have filed a class-action claim against Microsoft and OpenAI for copyright infringement by using their works to develop AI models.
According to authors Nicholas Basbanes and Nicholas Gage, who also act on behalf of other non-fiction authors with their class-action... Read more
New York Times sues OpenAI and Microsoft: “billions of dollars in damages”
The New York Times (NYT) has sued OpenAI and Microsoft for copyright infringement. According to the news organization, both companies have unlawfully used models trained on millions of NYT articles.
The Times has no specific payout in mind, but argues that OpenAI and Microsoft should be held res... Read more