Apple is facing a lawsuit from authors Grady Hendrix and Jennifer Roberson, who accuse the company of using their copyrighted books without consent to train its “OpenELM” AI models.

The proposed class action was filed in federal court in Northern California, alleging Apple copied their works without permission, credit, or compensation.

The lawsuit claims Apple relied on a dataset that included pirated books, with works by Hendrix and Roberson among them.

This case adds to a growing number of lawsuits from authors, news outlets, and others against major tech firms over the use of copyrighted materials in AI training.

Recent similar cases have involved Microsoft, Meta, Microsoft-backed OpenAI, and Anthropic, which reached a US$1.5 billion settlement.

Apple has not responded publicly to the lawsuit.

🔗 Source: Reuters

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