How authorship is made and named: a meta-aggregator / DAIL – The Database of AI Litigation
DAIL – The Database of AI Litigation
https://blogs.gwu.edu/law-eti/ai-litigation-database/
peripheral comparatorBoundary and governanceactive
The archive's reading. The archive reads DAIL as a secondary legal strand: a docket-level record of disputes over AI from complaint forward, whose bearing on how authorship is made and attributed runs through whatever authorship cases it holds; the saved page shows none, and the practices the disputes concern lie outside its record.
| Relation to this census | peripheral comparator |
|---|---|
| Record type | database |
| The question it answers | litigation: whether a dispute involving AI is on record from complaint forward (no authorship case was read) |
| Kind | database of ongoing and completed litigation involving artificial intelligence, with a companion database of issued opinions |
| Operator | the Ethical Tech Initiative, an interdisciplinary collaboration hosted on George Washington University's site (the page carries GW's footer: Contact GW, GW's Website Privacy Notice) |
| Evidence | litigation record; catalogue |
| Unit of record | a case, entered from complaint forward, whether or not it generates a published decision; the companion database holds issued opinions |
| What it records | ongoing and completed litigation involving artificial intelligence and related topics, from algorithms used in hiring, credit and criminal sentencing decisions to generative AI training and AI companion liability |
| Whose authorship it keeps | not recorded: the saved page describes the scope of cases; it names no parties, authors or works |
| Under what name | not recorded |
| Who holds it | the Ethical Tech Initiative on GW's site; access terms are not stated beyond GW's Terms of Use and Copyright links in the footer |
| Authorial function and responsibility | not recorded: the saved page describes the scope of cases and names no parties, authors or works |
| Method | cases entered from complaint forward, as soon as the operator learns of them; the database accepts suggestions (a Suggestions tab on the page) |
| Coverage | geography: not stated on the saved page; period: ongoing and completed litigation; no start date stated |
| Count | value: not stated in the saved source; as_of: 2026-11-01 |
| Holdings | a database of AI litigation with Scope, Guide, Credits and Suggestions tabs and search filters; a companion database of issued opinions |
| Stated limits | 'While still under development, it will continue to expand over time.' |
| Data access | a public web database with search filters (the database itself was not read) |
| Licence | not stated (footer links GW's Terms of Use and Copyright pages) |
| Lifecycle | state: active; detail: the page states the database is still under development and will continue to expand; no founding or update date on the saved page |
| Version and time | read: 2026-11-01 |
What its record can settle
- whether a known lawsuit involving AI is entered, and its course from complaint forward, including cases without published decisions (subject to its search, unread here)
What it cannot settle
- how a court ruled on AI authorship in any named case (no case was read here)
- the number of cases held or the jurisdictions covered (not on the saved page)
- anything about pseudonymous or heteronymous authorship
Kept apart
- NOT limited to copyright or authorship: its scope runs from hiring, credit and sentencing algorithms to generative AI training and AI companion liability
- NOT a database of published decisions only: it covers cases from complaint forward; opinions sit in a companion database
- NOT complete by its own statement: it is still under development
Evidence
- self_description (the resource's own statement):
The Database of AI Litigation presents information about ongoing and completed litigation involving artificial intelligence and related topics.
https://blogs.gwu.edu/law-eti/ai-litigation-database/ · read 2026-11-01 · http 200 · sha256 0093afaa693252fb… - method (the resource's own statement):
It covers cases from complaint forward - as soon as we learn of them - whether or not they generate published decisions.
https://blogs.gwu.edu/law-eti/ai-litigation-database/ · read 2026-11-01 · http 200 · sha256 0093afaa693252fb… - scope (the resource's own statement):
It is intended to be broad in scope, covering everything from algorithms used in hiring and credit and criminal sentencing decisions to generative AI training and AI companion liability.
https://blogs.gwu.edu/law-eti/ai-litigation-database/ · read 2026-11-01 · http 200 · sha256 0093afaa693252fb… - companion (the resource's own statement):
A companion database of issued opinions is available here .
https://blogs.gwu.edu/law-eti/ai-litigation-database/ · read 2026-11-01 · http 200 · sha256 0093afaa693252fb… - limit (the resource's own statement):
While still under development, it will continue to expand over time.
https://blogs.gwu.edu/law-eti/ai-litigation-database/ · read 2026-11-01 · http 200 · sha256 0093afaa693252fb… - operator (the resource's own statement):
We are an interdisciplinary collaboration: where law and ethics meet computer science and engineering, media and public affairs, and social entrepreneurship.
https://blogs.gwu.edu/law-eti/ai-litigation-database/ · read 2026-11-01 · http 200 · sha256 0093afaa693252fb… - operator_name (the resource's own statement):
DAIL – The Database of AI Litigation – Ethical Tech Initiative
https://blogs.gwu.edu/law-eti/ai-litigation-database/ · read 2026-11-01 · http 200 · sha256 0093afaa693252fb… - gw (the resource's own statement):
Contact GW
https://blogs.gwu.edu/law-eti/ai-litigation-database/ · read 2026-11-01 · http 200 · sha256 0093afaa693252fb… - tabs (the resource's own statement):
Scope Guide Credits Suggestions
https://blogs.gwu.edu/law-eti/ai-litigation-database/ · read 2026-11-01 · http 200 · sha256 0093afaa693252fb…
Unchecked
the database itself (its records, search filters, Scope, Guide and Credits tabs), which the saved page shows only as tab labels; the companion database of issued opinions; the Ethical Tech Initiative's About and Our Team pages (the saved text names no staff or school)
Cite: Lee Sharks, ed. "DAIL – The Database of AI Litigation." How authorship is made and named: a meta-aggregator, leesharks.com, compiled 2026-11-01. https://www.leesharks.com/apparatus/aggregators/gwu-dail