4 outlets·4 reports·over 20h
Hachette, Elsevier, Cengage Learning, and author Scott Turow sue Google for allegedly using millions of copyrighted books and articles to build AI models (A.J. Katz/The Wrap)
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Major publishers have filed a lawsuit against Google alleging copyright infringement. The legal action claims the company used copyrighted books and articles to train its artificial intelligence models without obtaining the necessary permission.
Written from all 4 reports below, not from any single one.
How it was reported
- TechMeme·Hachette, Elsevier, Cengage Learning, and author Scott Turow sue Google for allegedly using millions of copyrighted books and articles to build AI models (A.J. Katz/The Wrap)
- TechCrunch·Google faces another AI training lawsuit from major publishers
Google faces a lawsuit from major publishers, including Hachette and Elsevier. They allege Google trained its AI on copyrighted works without permission. Publishers claim copyright infringement.
- Engadget·Three publishers challenge Google over AI copyright infringement
- The Next Web·Publishers sue Google over Gemini AI training
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