Google Presses for Dismissal of Artists’ AI Copyright Lawsuit

Google LLC urged a federal California judge to toss artists’ lawsuit accusing the tech giant of creating illegal copies of their works to train AI models.

The consolidated lawsuit should be dismissed because it fails to clearly articulate creators’ accusations and improperly asserts copyright claims for an unspecified volume of works, according to a motion to dismiss filed Jan. 17. Google said the artists—including photographer Jingna Zhang, cartoonist Hope Larson, and investigative journalist Jill Leovy—used the complaint as a polemic against generative AI and is “even more confusing” than previous versions.

Leovy sued Google in July 2023 for direct copyright ...