Google Faces New Gemini AI Training Copyright Lawsuit

Publishers and authors sue Google, alleging Gemini was trained on copyrighted works without permission.
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Google Faces New Gemini AI Training Copyright Lawsuit
Google Faces New Gemini AI Training Copyright Lawsuit Google is facing another legal challenge over how it developed its artificial intelligence technology. A group of publishers and authors has filed a class action lawsuit alleging that the company used copyrighted works without permission to train its AI platform, Gemini. The lawsuit also claims Google removed or altered copyright information from those works to hide their alleged use in AI training. Publishers and Authors File Class Action Against Google A coalition of publishers and authors has launched a class action lawsuit against Google, accusing the company of using copyrighted books and other protected works to train its Gemini AI models. The group of plaintiffs includes Hachette , Cengage , Elsevier , author Scott Turow , and S.C.R.I.B.E. Together, they argue that Google trained Gemini using their copyrighted content without authorization. According to the lawsuit, Google did more than simply use protected works for AI training. Th…