A new significant lawsuit has been filed against major technology companies operating in the field of artificial intelligence in the United States. John Carreyrou, a journalist from The New York Times and author of the famous book "Bad Blood," along with five other writers, has officially submitted a claim to a federal court. This was reported by Reuters.
According to the report, the lawsuit names leading companies in the artificial intelligence market as defendants, including OpenAI, Google, xAI, Meta, Anthropic, and Perplexity. The plaintiffs allege that these corporations have used copyrighted books without permission during the training of large language models, which serve as the foundation for chatbots and other intelligent services.
The plaintiffs argue that their works were utilized without obtaining consent or providing financial compensation. This, they claim, violates existing laws protecting intellectual property. The authors regard this situation as a systemic issue.
Interestingly, the claim is not being pursued as a class action. According to the authors, class action lawsuits often serve to strengthen the positions of large corporations rather than benefit the rights holders. For this reason, they have preferred to engage in individual legal battles.
The lawsuit also emphasizes another significant point: it has been noted that Anthropic previously entered into a licensing agreement worth approximately $1.5 billion with some rights holders. However, the plaintiffs argue that such agreements do not resolve the broader issue. They believe that the practice of using books without licenses on a large scale continues regardless.
According to Reuters, the identities of the five other authors who filed the lawsuit alongside Carreyrou have not yet been disclosed. Experts are evaluating this case as a potentially crucial legal precedent. If the court rules in favor of the authors, it could significantly impact regulations surrounding the training of artificial intelligence, as well as licensing practices for content used in neural networks.
In short, this lawsuit is expected to be a critical test not only for individual authors but also for the entire creative industry. The issue of intellectual property is once again coming to the forefront in the era of artificial intelligence advancement.
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