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Musk’s xAI sues ex-employee for allegedly taking tech 'secrets' to OpenAI
Elon Musk's artificial intelligence startup xAI has sued a former engineer for allegedly stealing trade secrets related to its Grok chatbot and taking them to rival OpenAI.
Aug 302 min read


Musk’s xAI sues Apple, OpenAI alleging AI monopoly
Elon Musk's artificial intelligence startup xAI sued Apple and ChatGPT maker OpenAI in a US federal court in Texas, accusing them of conspiring to shut out rivals from the fast-growing AI market.
Aug 262 min read


Y Combinator backs Epic in US court fight against Apple’s App Store rules
Startup incubator Y Combinator has filed an amicus brief in the US Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals supporting Epic Games in its battle against Apple, urging the court to reject Apple’s appeal and uphold limits on its App Store practices.
Aug 221 min read


Perplexity offers $34.5 billion for Google Chrome amid antitrust pressure
AI search startup Perplexity has made an unsolicited USD 34.5 billion bid to acquire Google Chrome, more than the startup's own estimated USD 18 billion valuation, according to reports from The Wall Street Journal and Bloomberg.
Aug 131 min read


Japan's largest newspaper sues Perplexity
Japan's Yomiuri Shimbun, its largest newspaper by circulation, has sued US-based AI startup Perplexity for allegedly reproducing 119,467 of its articles without permission.
Aug 121 min read


Sony takes Tencent to court over video game rip-off
In a lawsuit filed Friday in California, Sony calls Tencent's upcoming title Light of Motiram a "slavish clone" of Horizon Zero Dawn—right down to the red-haired heroine, robotic wildlife, and post-apocalyptic tribes.
Jul 291 min read


OpenAI challenges court order to preserve ChatGPT user data, cites privacy concerns
OpenAI is appealing a US federal court order requiring it to indefinitely retain user-generated ChatGPT outputs, arguing the directive conflicts with its privacy commitments.Â
Jun 62 min read


Pegasus-owner NSO asked to pay WhatsApp $167 million in damages for spying
A US federal jury has ordered Israeli spyware firm NSO Group to pay over $167 million in punitive damages and approximately $444,000 in compensatory damages to WhatsApp over a 2019 cyberattack on the messaging platform.
May 71 min read


Nike faces class action lawsuit over NFT unit shutdown
Nike Inc is facing a proposed class action lawsuit in Brooklyn federal court, filed by purchasers of Nike-themed non-fungible tokens (NFTs) and other crypto assets
Apr 261 min read


Antitrust fallout: OpenAI may buy Chrome if up for sale, says ChatGPT head
OpenAI would be interested in acquiring Google Chrome if US antitrust enforcers force Alphabet to sell the popular browser, the head of ChatGPT has testified in a US court.
Apr 232 min read


Zuckerberg considered wiping friends list to revive Facebook, buying Snapchat
Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg considered buying Snapchat and wiping Facebook users' friends lists to revive the platform's appeal, he revealed during testimony in an ongoing federal antitrust trial.Â
Apr 162 min read


Ex-OpenAI staffers back Musk's claim in latest filing
A group of former OpenAI employees has joined forces with high-profile legal experts to support Elon Musk's lawsuit challenging OpenAI's planned conversion from a nonprofit to a for-profit structure.Â
Apr 122 min read
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