Publishers are working with AI startups on alleged copyright infringement

Consortium of 14 publishers Generating AI startups, including Condé Nast, The Atlantic and Forbes, have filed a lawsuit against Cohere, which alleges they are involved in “large and systematic” copyright infringement.

In the complaint, the publisher’s plaintiff trains AI models using at least 4,000 copyrighted works to view articles, as well as the entire article for users who have harmed publisher’s referral traffic. He accused him of doing so. The lawsuit also alleges that the publisher’s trademark was infringed by “hastisation” content that was not actually published by the publication.

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The lawsuit against Co-Here is the latest String’s Court fight It targets AI companies for alleged IP violations. Some companies, including Openai, have partially embraced a strategy to license content to avoid future legal challenges, but at the same time, alleged use of copyrighted material is fair. It claims that it will be done.