OpenAI Objects to Widening Infringement Theory

A few months ago, OpenAI wanted to combine all the copyright lawsuits it’s facing over ChatGPT to streamline litigation — and now that it’s got it, the company is unhappy with a merged complaint lobbed against the firm.

I’m Aruni Soni, a Bloomberg Law reporter who’s been closely watching the AI copyright battles playing out in courtrooms across the country.

This week, OpenAI asked a New York federal judge to stop a group of class action plaintiffs including organization Authors Guild, author Paul Tremblay, and several others, from broadening their theory of infringement. In the new, consolidated complaint, the ...