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Authors sue Nvidia for using copyrighted works in AI applications

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Nvidia is sued by authors over AI use of copyrighted works

Nvidia is facing a lawsuit from three authors, Brian Keene, Abdi Nazemian, and Stewart O’Nan, who claim that the tech giant used their copyrighted books without permission to train its NeMo AI platform. The authors allege that their works were part of a dataset of around 196,640 books utilized to train NeMo to replicate ordinary written language, which was later removed in October due to reported copyright infringement.

The proposed class action was filed in San Francisco federal court, where the authors are seeking unspecified damages for individuals in the United States whose copyrighted works were used to train NeMo’s large language models over the past three years. Among the titles included in the lawsuit are Keene’s “Ghost Walk,” Nazemian’s “Like a Love Story,” and O’Nan’s “Last Night at the Lobster.”

Nvidia has declined to comment on the matter, while lawyers representing the authors have yet to respond to requests for additional comment. This legal action adds Nvidia to a growing list of companies facing litigation from creators over generative AI technology, which generates new content based on various inputs.

As Nvidia continues to be a sought-after investment choice due to AI technology’s increasing prominence, the chipmaker’s stock price has surged by almost 600% since the end of 2022, with a market value of nearly $2.2 trillion. The lawsuit, filed under the case name Nazemian et al v Nvidia Corp, is ongoing in the U.S. District Court, Northern District of California.

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