Chat GPT Is Eating the World

Apple's failure to deliver its own AI model is highlighted amid the AI arms race among Anthropic, OpenAI, Google, Meta, and Microsoft. New York Governor Kathy Hochul signed a 1-year ban on new large data centers used for AI, the first such state law, as public backlash grows. The AI copyright litigation landscape expands with 113 suits in the U.S. as of December 2025.

Warren Buffett is famously not a tech investor. But his decision in 2016 to invest in Apple proved to be probably the best financial call he ever made. But Buffett inexplicably sold roughly 687.6 Apple shares starting in Q4 2023. And that could prove to be the biggest financial mistake he ever made. Berkshire did… Barron’s published a most provocative article title “Why Apple’s ‘Standard Oil’ Strategy Is Driving the Stock to All-Time Highs.“ As Anthropic, OpenAI, Google, Meta, and Microsoft duke it out in developing ever more powerful models, Apple has famously failed to deliver its own AI model, not even for Siri, which instead will be based on… The majority of Americans oppose the building of new data centers in their neighborhoods, an issue that Gallup polled in May 2026. I’ll have more commentary on this poll in a future post. To add to our array of trackers — since Americans apparently like tracker maps — we created a dedicated page to track… The AI Data Center Wars continue. The Indianapolis Metropolitan Development Commission voted in favor of a scaled down data center proposed by DC Blox. Meanwhile, the Indianapolis City-County Council committee recommended to the mayor support for a moratorium measure proposed by Council President Maggie A. Lewis. The fight over data centers is raging around various parts… Pres. Trump criticized New York state’s 1-year moratorium on new datacenters used for AI. He wrote on Truth Social: Add the Advanced Local Media plaintiffs to the list of plaintiffs dropping their contributory infringement claims against AI companies after the Supreme Court’s 9-0 decision in Cox Communications v. Sony Music Entertainment. I expect most of these lawsuits will drop the contributory infringement claim or ultimately have it dismissed. A few plaintiffs may try to… Instead of responding to Apple’s motion to dismiss, Ted Entertainment filed a First Amended Complaint, trying to beef up its allegations that YouTube videos have access-control TPMs that get protection under the DMCA anti-circumvention provision, Section 1201 a . Excerpt: DOWNLOAD THE 1ST AMENDED COMPLAINT In re Google Generative AI Copyright Litigation just got interesting.Google has asked Judge Eumi Lee to order Hachette and Cengage publishers to reimburse Google for the attorneys’ fees it cost to respond to their belated motion to intervene. Hachette and Cengage recently filed a new lawsuit in the SDNY and sought to withdraw this motion… Judge Orrick recused himself from SEUI Pension Plan v. Adobe, the copyright shareholder derivative lawsuit. Defendants Kunlun and Skywork AI moved to dismiss the complaint filed by Attack the Sound in the Northern District of Illinois. Excerpt: DOWNLOAD THE MOTION TO DISMISS New York Times and other news plaintiffs filed a motion for discovery sanctions against OpenAI for its alleged concealment of the ability to conduct relevant searches that the plaintiffs had requested, which they news plaintiffs say they discovered from the 2d deposition of Vincent Monaco: “Instead, its two-year effo1t to hide its ability to search its training data and output logs for News Plaintiffs’ copyrighted… What Demis Hassabis Proposed Demis Hassabis proposed that a Standards Body modeled on FINRA, an industry regulatory Body that is a self regulatory organization for the financial sector, be set up to review the latest frontier models before they are publicly launched: “The rapid progress we’re seeing in AI requires a new approach to testing… Governor Kathy Hochul signed into law New York’s 1-year ban on the building of new large data centers often behind the training and powering of AI models. New York is the first state to do so. But others likely to follow. Public backlash against data centers have become a hot button issue. But the New… last updated Dec. 5, 2025. last updated May 23, 2026. Current total = 113 suits in U.S. last updated April 5, 2026. Current total = 130 copyright suits = 100 in U.S. + 30 in rest of world. When updated, the current total = 143 = 113 in U.S. + 30 in rest of the world. In need of updating TBA Last updated Mar. 31, 2026