Apple(US:AAPL) Huan Qiu Wang Zi Xun·2025-10-13 07:11Core Viewpoint - Apple is facing a copyright lawsuit from two neuroscientists who accuse the company of using their copyrighted works without authorization to train its artificial intelligence models [1][4]. Group 1: Lawsuit Details - The lawsuit was filed by two neuroscience professors, Susanna Martinez-Conde and Stephen Macknik, from the State University of New York Downstate Health Sciences University [4]. - The plaintiffs claim that Apple used their registered works without permission while training its AI models [4]. - Apple allegedly utilized "shadow libraries" and "web crawling software" to access pirated copyrighted books, including the plaintiffs' own works [4]. Group 2: Previous Incidents - This is not the first time Apple has been embroiled in copyright lawsuits related to AI training; approximately one month prior, the company was accused of using pirated books for similar purposes [4]. - Previously, another pair of authors also accused Apple of unauthorized use of published works in training its AI models [4].