Apple accuses OpenAI of destroying evidence
Apple has asked for expedited discovery in its trade secrets case, arguing that forensic traces on a former employee's Apple-owned laptop are at risk of being erased.
Companies
Law
Sony and Warner sue Anthropic, naming the founders personally
The complaint targets how the data was obtained, not just how it was used. The company already paid $1.5 billion over the same weak spot.
Policy
Court rules the Pentagon's blacklisting of Anthropic was unlawful
A federal judge called the designation unlawful retaliation. The dispute began over the company's limits on autonomous weapons and mass surveillance.
Policy
A bankrupt airline's 34 years of data is for sale, and its workers objected
Google won the bid at $10 million. The flight attendants' union objected, arguing the sale covers decades of sensitive employee records.
Policy
Fake images made by students are driving teachers out of the classroom
Wired spoke with four teachers. The images spread from one school to another, administrators did not know how to respond, and one teacher will not return to the district.
Safety
A new plaintiff joins the federal suit against xAI over an altered childhood photo
A Wyoming woman has joined a federal lawsuit against xAI, alleging her stepfather used Grok to turn a childhood photograph of her into explicit imagery.
Policy
A plaintiff hid invisible AI instructions in court filings and was caught
A self-represented plaintiff in Connecticut hid invisible AI instructions in his filings as 3-point white text on white. The judge noticed the unusual whitespace.
Safety
Man Hides Secret AI Prompt in US Court Filing
A Connecticut plaintiff tried to tilt his case by embedding hidden commands in court filings, invisible to humans but readable by AI. Judge Walter Spader Jr. called the attempt 'dangerous' and revoked the plaintiff's e-filing privileges.
Safety