Copyright/Intellectual property

Seattle Times, Newsday sue OpenAI, Microsoft, alleging copyright infringement

The suit alleges that OpenAI and Microsoft scraped the newspapers’ websites and incorporated articles into datasets used to train and operate products.

Morgan Stanley takes aim at X accounts posting its research

Morgan Stanley complained to X about posts on the social media site using the bank’s charts and research.

US government backs OpenAI in New York Times copyright case

The lawsuit, first filed in 2023, ‌accuses ⁠OpenAI and its largest financial backer, Microsoft, of using millions of newspaper articles without permission to train OpenAI’s popular chatbot.

Sony, Warner Music sue Anthropic over songs used in AI training

The copyright owners said Anthropic pirated hundreds of song lyrics and sheet music from artists including The Beatles, Taylor Swift and Michael Jackson.

No need to destroy books in Singapore to legally use them for training AI, say experts

On Aug 26, the Ministry of Law and Intellectual Property Office of Singapore launched a public consultation on AI’s impact on copyrights and patents.

Benefits of AI push in key sectors could spill over to wider economy: Tan See Leng

Minister for Trade and Industry (Energy and Industry) Tan See Leng (centre) speaking at a panel discussion with Cambodia’s Minister of Industry, Science, Technology, and Innovation Hem Vanndy (right). The panel is moderated by Intellectual Property Office of Singapore chief executive Tan Kong Hwee.

Can copyrighted works be used to train AI? Public feedback sought

The Government is seeking public feedback on AI’s impact on copyrights and patents.

Start-up cracks clogging challenge in coffee vending machines to serve kopi 24/7

(From left) Loh Jian Yuan, 40, and Leow Jun Heng, 27, co-founders of Kopi Near Me with one of the local start-up’s vending machines at Ubi Techpark which serves up freshly brewed Nanyang-style coffee.

ByteDance signs AI copyright pact with Hollywood trade group

ByteDance said newer versions of its AI video and image-generation models include stronger intellectual-property protections.

While You Were Sleeping: 5 stories you might have missed, Aug 17, 2026

Palestinians walking past the rubble of residential buildings destroyed during the war, in Gaza City, on Aug 15.

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