⚖️ New York Times Sues Google, xAI and OpenAI

Today’s Highlights:

• ⚖️ New York Times reporter sues Google, xAI and OpenAI

• 🏢 xAI Launches Grok Business and Grok Enterprise

• 📽️ Samsung Unveils The Freestyle+ Ahead of CES 2026

• 📱 OpenAI Prepares to Challenge the App Store

• 📜 Google AI Decodes 500-Year Mystery

• 🧠 NVIDIA Acquires Slurm Creator to Boost Open AI Tools

• 😮 Google Engineer Admits Claude Outsprinted Them

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⚖️ NYT Reporter Sues AI Giants Over Copyrighted Book Training

New York Times investigative reporter John Carreyrou has filed a fresh lawsuit accusing major AI companies of using copyrighted books without permission to train their models, adding new pressure to the legal fight over AI training data.

The Details:

• The lawsuit names Google, OpenAI, Meta Platforms, xAI, Anthropic, and Perplexity

• Carreyrou, author of Bad Blood, filed the case in California federal court alongside five other writers, alleging their books were pirated for AI training

• This is the first copyright lawsuit to name xAI as a defendant, according to Reuters

• Unlike other cases, the plaintiffs are not pursuing a class action, arguing such settlements dilute high-value claims

• The filing follows Anthropic’s $1.5B author settlement, which the complaint says paid writers only about 2% of the maximum statutory damages

Why it matters:

This case highlights a growing fault line in AI development. As models scale, the legality of training data is becoming a central risk. How courts rule could reshape not just compensation for creators, but the economics and governance of future AI systems.

xAI

🏢 xAI Launches Grok Business and Grok Enterprise

xAI has launched Grok Business and Grok Enterprise, positioning Grok as a secure, team-ready AI assistant aimed at organizations, just as the company faces mounting scrutiny over safety issues in its public deployment.

The Details:

• Grok Business costs $30 per seat/month and offers shared access to Grok 3, Grok 4, and Grok 4 Heavy, with admin controls, usage analytics, and Google Drive integration

• Grok Enterprise adds SSO, SCIM, domain verification, role-based access controls, and a unified admin console, with pricing undisclosed

• xAI introduced Enterprise Vault, an add-on with dedicated infrastructure, application-level encryption, and customer-managed encryption keys

• xAI says all tiers are SOC 2, GDPR, and CCPA compliant, and customer data is not used for model training

• The launch coincides with backlash over Grok’s public image tools enabling non-consensual and harmful AI-generated images, raising reputational risks for enterprise adoption

Why it matters:

On paper, Grok now checks the boxes enterprises expect: security, isolation, and powerful models. But enterprise buyers also care about trust. As xAI pushes into serious organizational use, its ability to separate enterprise credibility from public-facing controversies may matter as much as performance or price.

SAMSUNG

📽️ Samsung Unveils The Freestyle+ Ahead of CES 2026

Samsung Electronics has announced the global launch of The Freestyle+, a smarter, AI-powered portable projector designed to adapt seamlessly to different spaces and viewing conditions.

The Details:

• The Freestyle+ introduces AI OptiScreen, which automatically handles keystone correction, focus, screen fit, and wall color calibration

• Brightness is boosted to 430 ISO lumens, nearly double the previous generation, for clearer everyday viewing

• A 180-degree rotating design allows projection on walls, ceilings, or floors without mounts

• Vision AI Companion integrates enhanced Bixby and partner AI services for more natural interaction

• Built-in Samsung TV Plus, OTT apps, Gaming Hub, and a 360-degree speaker enable fully standalone use

Why it matters:

Portable screens are moving from novelty to mainstream. With AI doing the setup work in real time, Samsung is betting that future displays should adapt to people and spaces, not the other way around. The Freestyle+ is less about specs and more about frictionless viewing anywhere.

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MORE AI & TECH NEWS

• OpenAI is turning ChatGPT into a mini app store, letting users access services like Instacart and Spotify. Sam Altman says Apple is the real competitor—but early tests show the experience is buggy and far from replacing iPhones.

• NVIDIA bought SchedMD, the maker of open-source workload manager Slurm, and pledged to keep it open. It’s part of their larger push to own the infrastructure behind high-performance AI computing.

• A senior Google engineer admitted Claude Code built a working system in 1 hour—a task her own team failed to complete in a year. The revelation shows how fast smaller AI players are catching up.

• Yann LeCun left Meta, citing disagreement with its focus on text-based models and frustration with internal politics. He also accused leadership of performance-test cheating and poor research judgment.

• Gemini cracked cryptic handwritten notes in a historic book, revealing they were math used to adjust biblical timelines. The breakthrough blends AI reasoning with history and language skills.

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