OpenAI, Authors Spar Over Piracy Claim in AI Training Suit (1)

OpenAI Inc. and a group of writers sparred in court over whether the rightsholders were trying to add a new claim to their complaint after being told to consolidate their lawsuits without adding new causes of action.

At a Wednesday hearing in the US District Court for the Southern District of New York, OpenAI argued the authors’ “download claim,” accusing the AI giant of copyright infringement when OpenAI downloaded books from pirate websites, introduced a new claim with different class members. Joe Gratz of Morrison & Foerster LLP argued this would include authors whose books were downloaded but never used ...