| Here are some cases (mined from Wikipedia sources): Tremblay v. OpenAI, Inc., No. 3:23-cv-03223 (N.D. Cal.) (https://dockets.justia.com/docket/california/candce/3:2023cv...) Andersen v. Stability AI Ltd., No. 3:23-cv-00201 (N.D. Cal.) (https://law.justia.com/cases/federal/district-courts/califor...) Authors Guild v. OpenAI, Inc., No. 1:23-cv-08292 (S.D.N.Y.) (https://law.justia.com/cases/federal/district-courts/new-yor...) Getty Images (US), Inc. v. Stability AI, Inc., No. 1:23-cv-00135 (D. Del.) (https://dockets.justia.com/docket/delaware/dedce/1:2023cv001...) The New York Times Co. v. Microsoft Corp., No. 1:23-cv-11195 (S.D.N.Y.) (https://law.justia.com/cases/federal/district-courts/new-yor...) Richard Kadrey et al. v. Meta (https://www.documentcloud.org/documents/25984135-richard-kad...) Bartz v. Anthropic (https://www.documentcloud.org/documents/25982181-authors-v-a...) --- Further reading: "Generative AI Systems Tee Up Fair Use Fight" (Feb 2024)
https://natlawreview.com/article/generative-ai-systems-tee-f... "Meta’s AI copyright win comes with a warning about fair use The federal judge who ruled in Meta’s favor still isn’t convinced its use of copyrighted materials for AI training qualifies as fair use." (Jan 2025)
https://www.theverge.com/news/693437/meta-ai-copyright-win-f... "Anthropic wins a major fair use victory for AI — but it’s still in trouble for stealing books Judge William Alsup determined that Anthropic training its AI models on purchased copies of books is fair use." (Jun 2025)
https://www.theverge.com/news/692015/anthropic-wins-a-major-... "Copyright Office Weighs in on AI and Fair Use Amid Major Leadership Shakeup" (May 2025)
https://ipwatchdog.com/2025/05/12/copyright-office-weighs-ai... |
But aren't all of these initial decisions? That is, I don't expect that this is decided until there's a Supreme Court decision. There's still two levels of appeal to go before we get there.