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OpenAI and Microsoft are facing a new legal challenge over alleged copyright violations as authors sharpen their case in a major lawsuit involving the use of protected books to train generative AI systems.

Crusoe has abandoned a $1.25 billion plan to use Boom Supersonic’s natural-gas-fired Superpower turbines at its AI data centers, ending the companies’ launch partnership just as the Denver-based data-center startup announced a $3.9 billion funding round.

appeals court has upheld the Defense Department’s decision to blacklist Anthropic, clearing the Trump administration to restrict federal use of the company’s AI technology because it would not provide certain capabilities for military operations.

The suit names QCX LLC, which does business as Polymarket US, and asks a court to bar the company from offering gambling-related markets to New Yorkers without the required license.

Microsoft has placed vice chair and president Brad Smith in charge of communications, moving the function from marketing into its Corporate, External, and Legal Affairs organization.