Google faces another AI training lawsuit from major publishers

Publishers and authors, including Hachette and Scott Turow, are suing Google, alleging its AI, Gemini, was trained on their copyrighted works without permission. The lawsuit claims Google removed copyright information to conceal this. This is one of many such lawsuits against AI companies, though some early rulings favored AI companies on "fair use." However, Anthropic was fined $1.5 billion in a separate case. The current lawsuit highlights Google's existing relationship with publishers through Google Books, arguing Gemini's training exceeded agreed-upon uses.