US EditionApple Faces Copyright Lawsuit over Training Apple Intelligence AI on Pirated Books: What We Know so Far
Authors accuse Apple of using thousands of pirated books without consent in training its OpenELM AI models, sparking a class-action lawsuit to safeguard intellectual property rights.
- On Friday, authors Grady Hendrix and Jennifer Roberson filed a class-action suit in the US federal court for Northern California alleging Apple's OpenELM AI was trained on pirated books, saying `Apple has not attempted to pay these authors for their contributions to this potentially lucrative venture`.
- This development follows Anthropic's landmark settlement, which includes a $1.5 billion payout, and earlier this year Microsoft and other major technology firms including Meta Platforms and OpenAI faced similar lawsuits over unauthorized book use.
- Plaintiffs allege Apple used its Applebot scraper for nearly nine years, accessing shadow libraries and using RedPajama's Books3 dataset containing pirated works to train Apple Intelligence models.
- Recent settlements have paid about $3,000 per work, the Authors Guild last month estimated damages at least $750 per work, and Justin Nelson called Anthropic's payout `the largest copyright recovery ever`.
- Books remain central to how companies train large language models, with federal judge William Alsup's June ruling finding more than 7 million pirated digitized books, complicating outcomes for authors, publishers and content creators.
17 Articles
17 Articles
Apple faces copyright lawsuit over training Apple Intelligence AI on pirated books: What we know so far
Authors Grady Hendrix and Jennifer Roberson have filed a lawsuit against Apple, claiming the company unlawfully used their copyrighted books to train its AI models. They argue that Apple's actions infringe on their intellectual property rights and that the company failed to seek proper licenses.
It's still too early to say whether there's an "Anthropic case," which will pay out $1.5 billion to American authors following the downloading and exploitation of thousands of pirated books. However, this out-of-court settlement to avoid a trial may already give some ideas.
Technologueid Jakarta Two American writers Grady Hendrix and Jennifer Roberson have officially filed a class action lawsuit against Apple Inc alleging that the technology giant, ...
Coverage Details
Bias Distribution
- 50% of the sources are Center
Factuality
To view factuality data please Upgrade to Premium
