Authors Accuse Big Tech of Copyright Theft: Lawsuit Filed Against OpenAI, Google, Meta, and xAI

New York Times reporter John Carreyrou and five other authors have filed a federal lawsuit against major AI companies, including OpenAI, Google, Meta, xAI, Anthropic, and Perplexity, for allegedly using copyrighted books to train their chatbots without permission. The plaintiffs are seeking individual claims and argue that class-action settlements allow AI companies to resolve claims for pennies on the dollar.