San Francisco federal court
Coverage of San Francisco federal court in the Nexus archive.
- Judge approves a $1.5B Anthropic settlement over pirated books used to train the Claude chatbot
A federal judge approved a $1.5 billion settlement where Anthropic will pay authors $3,000 per book after using pirated copies to train its Claude chatbot. The settlement, described as the largest copyright recovery, provides relief to authors and publishers who claimed 91% of the 482,000 affected books.
- Some iPhone users could see payments after Apple settles Siri AI lawsuit
Apple agreed to pay $250 million to settle a class-action lawsuit claiming it deceived consumers by advertising artificial intelligence features not yet available on its devices. The settlement could result in payouts for some iPhone users. The lawsuit was filed on behalf of U.S. consumers in San Francisco federal court.
- Families sue OpenAI over failure to report Canada mass shooter’s behavior on ChatGPT
Families of seven victims from a British Columbia school shooting are suing OpenAI and its CEO, alleging the company failed to report the shooter's threatening behavior on ChatGPT. OpenAI employees reportedly flagged the shooter's account eight months prior to the attack, citing a credible threat of gun violence.