October 12, 2026

AI lawsuit tracker

The court cases against the big AI companies that we have covered: who sued, where, and where each case stood when we last reported on it. 7 so far.

CaseCompanyCourtStatusAs of
USA Today Co. v. OpenAIUSA Today Co. sues OpenAI, alleging it copied articles from 19 outlets to train ChatGPTOpenAIU.S. District Court, Southern District of New YorkFiled
LASST v. OpenAINonprofit sues OpenAI over AI agents that reportedly hacked Hugging FaceOpenAISan Francisco Superior CourtFiled
Residents v. xAIResidents sue xAI over noise from turbines powering its Colossus supercomputerxAIU.S. District Court, Western District of TennesseeFiled
Authors v. AnthropicCourt approves Anthropic's $1.5 billion settlement over pirated booksAnthropicFederal court, San FranciscoSettled
Florida v. OpenAI and Sam AltmanFlorida sues OpenAI and Sam Altman, alleging the company put profit over safetyOpenAICircuit Court, Highlands County, FloridaFiled
NAACP v. xAINAACP sues xAI over gas turbines it ran without permits for Colossus 2xAIFederal court, Northern District of MississippiFiled
Families v. Character.AI and GoogleGoogle and Character.AI agree to settle lawsuits alleging chatbots harmed minorsGoogleCourts in Florida, Colorado, New York and TexasSettled

Status is what our most recent story on the case reported, not a live docket. Each case links to the story and its sources.