New York Times reporter sues Google, xAI, OpenAI over chatbot training
New York Times reporter John Carreyrou, along with five other writers, has filed a lawsuit against xAI, Anthropic, Google, OpenAI, Meta Platforms, and Perplexity for using copyrighted books without permission to train AI systems. The lawsuit, filed in California federal court, accuses these companies of pirating books for their large language models. This case is distinct as it does not seek a class action settlement, which the plaintiffs argue benefits defendants. The lawsuit follows a previous $1.5 billion settlement by Anthropic in a similar case.
