"Judge Partially Dismisses Authors' Copyright Claims Against OpenAI"

A federal judge has dismissed most of the lawsuit brought by Sarah Silverman, Ta-Nehisi Coates, and other authors against OpenAI over the use of copyrighted books to train its AI chatbot, rejecting claims for vicarious copyright infringement, negligence, and unjust enrichment. The court allowed a claim for unfair competition to proceed, suggesting that OpenAI's use of copyrighted works to train its AI model for profit may constitute an unfair business practice. The ruling questions whether AI firms are required to license the material they use and could impact the future of AI technology.