Lawsuits alleging copyright infringement are being filed against major AI companies like OpenAI, Meta, Google, and NVIDIA for unauthorized use of authors' books to train generative AI models without permission, covering all affected writers in class action suits.
In a breaking development, a judge allows a class action lawsuit against Anthropic to move forward, accusing the AI company of copyright infringement by using pirated books from sites like Library Genesis to build its training data, potentially exposing Anthropic to a billion-dollar settlement.
In a significant development, Getty Images withdraws major copyright infringement allegations against Stability AI in a UK lawsuit, while maintaining secondary infringement and trademark claims, even as its separate $1.7 billion US lawsuit against the AI firm proceeds.
Amazon's integration of Suno's AI song generation into Alexa raises concerns as Suno faces a lawsuit alleging ingestion of copyrighted music, potentially enabling users to generate AI songs that could replace listening to original works and undermining Amazon's own deals with labels.