Litigation · ongoing The Broader Training-Data Fight

Dozens of suits are pending across the industry. The New York Times sued OpenAI and Microsoft over training on its articles; authors including Theranos whistleblower John Carreyrou sued OpenAI, Google, Meta, xAI, Anthropic and Perplexity in December 2025 over pirated books. As of late 2025, roughly 51 copyright suits were tracked against AI companies. The companies' core defense is fair use — a question no court will fully settle before mid-2026 at the earliest.