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Three publishers sue Google over AI training data use

By Meridian48 News Desk · Summarised from Engadget ·

Three publishers have filed a lawsuit against Google, alleging the company used their copyrighted content to train its AI models without permission or compensation. The case adds to a growing wave of legal challenges from content creators against tech firms over AI training materials. Publishers seek financial damages and a halt to the alleged unauthorized use.

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This lawsuit tests whether Google's broad scraping of web content for AI training qualifies as fair use, with implications for the entire generative AI industry.
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