Google, Microsoft, Meta and Anthropic tell investors the AI copyright claims are real and ongoing; Google drops "may" for "are"

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Company filingOctober 29, 2026SEC filings of Alphabet, Microsoft, Meta and Anthropic (on the AI copyright suits, including Bartz v. Anthropic and Kadrey v. Meta) · U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (EDGAR)

Google, Microsoft, Meta and Anthropic tell investors the AI copyright claims are real and ongoing; Google drops "may" for "are"

In SEC filings this month, the AI companies describe the copyright suits over their training data in firmer terms. Alphabet's Oct. 29 quarterly report says Google is "and will continue to be" subject to claims involving AI training; its last annual report said it "may" be. It names no case and books no reserve. Microsoft's Oct. 28 report lists current copyright claims arising from AI training and says it may have to sign royalty-bearing licenses or pay damages; it adds that it has limited visibility into the training data of models it gets from others. Meta's Oct. 22 report says per-work statutory damages could be substantial. Anthropic's Oct. 26 IPO filing books the $1.5 billion Bartz settlement, says authors and publishers who opted out have sued it individually, and reports demands from more rights holders. It describes its data as public internet data, licensed data, synthetic data and book scanning, and names no pirate library; in Bartz it dated its own LibGen and PiLiMi downloads to 2021 and 2022. None of the filings says how any single claim will end.

Alphabet Form 10-Q, Q3 2026 (filed Oct. 29, 2026), Item 1A ↗Microsoft Form 10-Q, quarter ended Sept. 30, 2026 (filed Oct. 28, 2026), Item 1A ↗Meta Form 10-Q, Q3 2026 (filed Oct. 22, 2026), legal proceedings note ↗Anthropic Form S-1 (filed Oct. 26, 2026) ↗

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