Xin Hua She·2025-12-24 08:02Core Viewpoint - A group of authors, including John Carreyrou, has filed a lawsuit against six tech companies, including Google and OpenAI, for allegedly using copyrighted books without permission to train AI systems [1] Group 1: Lawsuit Details - The lawsuit was filed in a federal court in California on the 22nd, accusing xAI, Anthropic, OpenAI, Google, a metaverse platform, and a company called "解惑" of copyright infringement [1] - The plaintiffs do not seek to initiate a class-action lawsuit, as they believe it would benefit the defendants by allowing them to negotiate a unified settlement [1] - The lawsuit claims that large language model companies should not be able to settle thousands of high-value claims for a low price [1] Group 2: Previous Settlements - In August, Anthropic reached a settlement with a group of authors regarding copyright disputes in AI training, agreeing to pay $1.5 billion [1] - The plaintiffs accused Anthropic of using content from millions of books [1]