US Judge Refuses to Dismiss Lawsuit Accusing Elon Musk’s X of Age Bias in 2022 Layoffs

US Judge Refuses to Dismiss Lawsuit Accusing Elon Musk’s X of Age Bias in 2022 Layoffs

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A California federal judge has refused to dismiss a lawsuit accusing X, the social media service formerly called Twitter, of disproportionately laying off older workers when Elon Musk acquired the company last year. US District Judge Susan Illston on Tuesday said the plaintiff in the proposed class action, John Zeman,…

OpenAI Sued in US for Allegedly Misusing Artists’ Work to Train ChatGPT

OpenAI Sued in US for Allegedly Misusing Artists’ Work to Train ChatGPT

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Two US authors sued OpenAI in San Francisco federal court on Wednesday, claiming in a proposed class action that the company misused their works to “train” its popular generative artificial-intelligence system ChatGPT. Massachusetts-based writers Paul Tremblay and Mona Awad said ChatGPT mined data copied from thousands of books without permission,…

Samsung Faces $303 Million Jury Verdict for Patent Infringement

Samsung Faces $303 Million Jury Verdict for Patent Infringement

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Computer-memory company Netlist convinced a federal jury in Texas on Friday to award it more than $303 million (roughly Rs. 2,500 crore) for Samsung Electronics‘s infringement of several patents related to improvements in data processing. The jury in Marshall, Texas determined after a six-day trial that Samsung’s “memory modules” for…

Joy Behar Plays Down ‘Romeo & Juliet’ Child Abuse Lawsuit on ‘The View’: “Looks Like a Money Grab”
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Joy Behar Plays Down ‘Romeo & Juliet’ Child Abuse Lawsuit on ‘The View’: “Looks Like a Money Grab”

ByNews Polite

The View did not hold back today when it came to Olivia Hussey and Leonard Whiting’s recently filed lawsuit against Paramount Pictures. The stars of Franco Zeffirelli’s 1968 Romeo & Juliet film are accusing the studio of child abuse and harassment for a nude scene they filmed in the movie, but…

Tesla’s Former Employee Rejects $15 Million Payout in Race Bias Lawsuit, New Trial May Begin Soon

Tesla’s Former Employee Rejects $15 Million Payout in Race Bias Lawsuit, New Trial May Begin Soon

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A Black former elevator operator at Tesla’s flagship California assembly plant on Tuesday rejected a $15 million (nearly Rs. 120 crore) award in his lawsuit alleging racial abuse by coworkers, opening the door for a new trial after a judge slashed a $137 million (nearly Rs. 1,100 crore) jury verdict….