Northern District of California's busy week on AI and fair use

It's been a thrilling (in the loosest sense) week for copyright enthusiasts, as two rulings have been issued by judges in the Northern Direct of California in two separate cases brought by book authors (namely Bartz v Anthropic and Kadrey v Meta) on the question of fair use in AI training. In both cases, the relevant judge granted summary judgment (at least partially) in favour of the AI