The publisher said that Apple, Google, Nvidia, Meta Platforms , OpenAI, Anthropic, Perplexity AI and Elon Musk’s xAI used pirated copies of its books to teach their chatbots to respond to human prompts. The publisher’s complaint is unique in targeting several tech juggernauts at once. The lawsuit was filed by attorneys at law firm Freedman Normand Friedland, who have brought a similar ongoing case against Big Tech companies on behalf of writer John Carreyrou and other authors.
Source: Chicken Soup for the Soul publisher sues tech companies over AI training