backNewsletter (#009/2025) on Artificial Intelligence by Campos Thomaz Advogados
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Anthropic agrees to pay USD 1.5 billion to settle authors’ class action lawsuit
On September 6, 2025, Anthropic informed a federal court in San Francisco that it had agreed to pay $1.5 billion to settle a class action brought by authors who claimed their books were unlawfully used to train the Claude chatbot. The settlement amounts to approximately $3,000 per 500,000 downloaded books and may increase if additional works are identified. The plaintiffs asked District Judge William Alsup to approve the agreement, describing it as the largest copyright recovery in history and the first of its kind in the age of artificial intelligence. Learn more.
xAI sues Apple and OpenAI over anticompetitive AI practices and App Store rankings
On August 25, 2025, Elon Musk’s artificial intelligence startup xAI filed a lawsuit against Apple and OpenAI before the U.S. federal court in Texas. The company alleges that the defendants acted jointly to maintain monopolies in the artificial intelligence and mobile app markets, particularly following the integration of ChatGPT into Apple devices. According to xAI, this arrangement reduced the visibility of its chatbot Grok in App Store rankings, thereby harming competition. Learn more.
Folha de São Paulo files lawsuit against OpenAI for unauthorized use of its journalism in ChatGPT training
On August 20, 2025, the newspaper Folha de S.Paulo filed a lawsuit in São Paulo against OpenAI, alleging unfair competition and copyright infringement due to the use of its articles — including paywalled content — in training ChatGPT models without authorization or compensation. The complaint requests immediate cessation of the practice, compensation for damages, and destruction of any AI models built using the newspaper’s content. Learn more.
Santa Catarina court upholds Ecad’s authority to charge for public performance of AI-generated music
The court in Santa Catarina has upheld, on an interim basis, the Ecad’s authority to charge for the public performance of music created with artificial intelligence. The dispute centers on the Spitz Park Aventuras theme park, which says it plays only tracks generated by the Suno platform. Judges concluded Ecad does not need to identify each work or its author before collecting fees, and that the absence of a human author does not, by itself, eliminate copyright. A technical report found a meaningful similarity between a Suno track and a protected work, signaling that deeper expert analysis is needed. The ruling is provisional, does not set nationwide precedent, and similar cases may reach different outcomes. Learn more.
Bill proposes mandatory alerts in chatbots and AI systems for suicide and self-harm prevention
On September 1, 2025, Bill No. 4348/2025 was introduced, proposing amendments to Law No. 13,819/2019 to mandate the issuance of preventive alerts by chatbots and artificial intelligence (AI) systems. The initiative requires digital platforms to provide messages of support and guidance when interactions related to mental health, self-harm, or suicide are identified. The bill extends the National Policy for the Prevention of Self-Harm and Suicide into the digital environment, aiming to enhance user protection and immediate assistance. Learn more.
CAM-CCBC issues guidance on the use of artificial intelligence in arbitration and mediation proceedings
The Center for Arbitration and Mediation of the Brazil-Canada Chamber of Commerce (CAM-CCBC) issued, on July 17, 2025, Administrative Guidance No. 07/2025, addressing the use of artificial intelligence (AI) tools in arbitration, mediation, and other dispute resolution proceedings. The document acknowledges the potential efficiency gains brought by AI but highlights risks such as inaccuracies, algorithmic bias, challenges to confidentiality, and possible impacts on impartiality and procedural validity. Learn more.
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Produced by Alan Campos Thomaz and João Marcelo Oliveira
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