By Emma Whitford ( April 3, 2025, 23:25 GMT | Insight) -- Twelve copyright cases against OpenAI and Microsoft currently pending in New York and California will be consolidated in the US Southern District of New York, the US Judicial Panel on Multidistrict Litigation decided today, bringing under one roof numerous claims that the defendants’ training of AI tools on books, articles and transcripts isn't protected fair use. Twelve copyright cases against OpenAI and Microsoft currently pending in New York and California will be consolidated in the US Southern District of New York, the US Judicial Panel on Multidistrict Litigation decided today, bringing under one roof numerous claims that the defendants’ training of AI tools on books, articles and transcripts isn't protected fair use....
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