News Corp’s Thomson vows more AI lawsuits, calls out Perplexity and Brave
News Corp CEO Robert Thomson threatened new legal action against AI firms and their customers over scraped content.
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New York Times leans into video as search declines
The Times added 280,000 digital subscribers in Q2 2026, down from Q1, as CEO Meredith Kopit Levien blames declining search and touts video bets.
Judge allows Reddit’s data scraping lawsuit against Perplexity to procee
A Manhattan judge advanced most of Reddit's copyright and conspiracy claims against Perplexity and three data-scraping firms over AI training data.
Delhi High Court rules OpenAI’s training on ANI news content is fair dealing
A Delhi High Court judge ruled OpenAI's training of ChatGPT on ANI articles falls under India's fair-dealing exemption for research.
OpenAI invests another $8 million in the American Journalism Project
OpenAI is committing $5 million and $3 million in tech credits to the American Journalism Project over the next two years.
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News Corp countersues Brave over alleged AI scraping of WSJ and Post articles
News Corp accused search company Brave of flagrant theft in reselling copyrighted articles to AI firms, escalating a dispute Brave started in 2025.
OpenAI’s first hardware device is reportedly a screenless speaker that moves
OpenAI's first device is reportedly a screenless smart speaker with moving parts, pitched internally as a humanlike AI companion that lives in the home.
NYT publisher warns AI companies are ‘stealing’ journalism’s future
The NYT publisher accused major tech companies of building AI products on "brazen theft" of journalism.
CNN sues Perplexity over alleged AI copyright theft
CNN is suing Perplexity, arguing that a company “valued at tens of billions of dollars” should pay for the journalism it exploits.
Scott Turow and Five Publishers Sue Meta Over AI Training Data
Scott Turow and five major publishers sued Meta for using copyrighted books to train its Llama AI model. The complaint cites pirate sites and internal messages about sidestepping licensing deals.