Apple Faces Lawsuit Over Alleged Use of Pirated Content in AI Training
Apple is at the center of a new copyright lawsuit. Two well-known authors accuse the tech giant to have used their books from piracy libraries for the training of his AI-without permission and without payment.
Apple is faced with copyright lawsuit
In the United States, two authors have filed a lawsuit against Apple. The accusation: The company is said to have used copyrighted books from online libraries with pirated content to train its AI systems The Reuters news agency.
AI training with pirated copies?
The writers Grady Hendrix and Jennifer Roberson claim that their works have appeared in so-called “Shadow Libraries” and were captured by Apple Bot, the in-house web crawler. Apple Intelligence: Siri-Spot deleted by Apple with Bella Ramsey
Collection kage sought
The application states that Apple had copied her books without consent and used to train “Apple Intelligence” – a service that could now achieve commercial success with those content. The plaintiffs want to ensure that the lawsuit is approved as an action for a crime. In view of the large number of books and authors that may be affected, this would be a signal for the entire industry. The group had undermined the value of the texts and at the same time increased the economic potential of AI.
Apple has enriched itself without paying in our work! Allegation in the lawsuit. The dispute is part of an entire series of procedures that currently employ tech companies related to generative AI. Openaai, for example, has to deal with the “New York Times” and other media houses.
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Permanent problems thanks to AI
The authors’ lawsuit against Anthropic recently caused a sensation that the company agreed on a payment of $1.5 billion. Around 500,000 authors are expected to receive $3,000 each. The new lawsuit against Apple shows that the question of the origin of training data for artificial intelligence is far from resolved – and may still employ the courts for years. The dispute again raises the question of how far companies can go during training in AI systems – and where the boundaries should be.
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