Judge Consolidates Suits By Journalists Challenging AI, Denies Motions To Compel

(September 18, 2024, 2:47 PM EDT) -- NEW YORK — In a six-page order addressing more than 20 outstanding motions and letter briefs in six artificial intelligence copyright cases, a federal judge in New York consolidated two suits brought by news entities and others, granted motions to set and extend deadlines and otherwise generally denied requests to compel certain evidence, including a request that The New York Times Co. produce evidence demonstrating that its stories were original works....