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The Center for Investigative Reporting (CIR), which calls itself “the oldest nonprofit newsroom in the country,” alleges that Microsoft and OpenAI copied CIR’s “valuable content” to train their AI models, and did so “without CIR’s permission or authorization, and without any compensation to CIR,” said its complaint Thursday (docket 1:24-cv-04872) in U.S. District Court for Southern New York.

The statute authorizing the federal TikTok ban -- the Protecting Americans from Foreign Adversary Controlled Applications Act -- is unconstitutional, and should be blocked, said the Electronic Freedom Foundation, TechFreedom and five other nonprofits in an amicus brief Wednesday (docket 24-1113) in the U.S. Appeals Court for the D.C. Circuit.

BorrowMoney.com’s reported revenue for three quarters in FY 2019 was a “figment” of sole officer and majority shareholder Aldo Piscitello’s “imagination and invention,” alleged the SEC's lawsuit Wednesday (docket 0:24-cv-61118) in U.S. District Court for Southern Florida.

Digital media company Meet Kevin sued CNN parent Warner Bros. Discovery for refusing to offer social media companies broadcast licenses for the CNN presidential debate that was set for Thursday between President Joe Biden and former President Donald Trump, said an antitrust complaint Thursday (docket 2:24-cv-05441) in U.S. District Court for Central California.