Two authors accuse Apple of illegally training AI models on pirated books
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Authors Grady Hendrix and Jennifer Robertson have filed a class action lawsuit against Apple, alleging the company used pirated books to train its AI models. The suit claims Apple utilized the "Books3" dataset to train its OpenELM language models, citing Apple's research paper referencing the RedPajama dataset that includes Books3. The authors seek damages and destruction of any Apple AI models trained using their works. This case follows Anthropic's recent $1.5 billion settlement in a similar lawsuit.
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