Apple Sued by Authors Over Use of Books in AI Training
Apple was accused by authors in a lawsuit Friday of illegally using their copyrighted books to help train its artificial intelligence systems, part of an expanding legal fight over protections for intellectual property in the AI era.

The proposed class-action lawsuit, filed in federal court in Northern California, claimed Apple copied protected works without consent and without credit or compensation.

"Apple has not attempted to pay these authors for their contributions to this potentially lucrative venture," according to the lawsuit, filed by authors Grady Hendrix and Jennifer Roberson.

Apple and attorneys for the plaintiffs did not immediately respond Friday to requests for comment.

The lawsuit is the latest in a wave of cases from authors, news outlets and others accusing major technology companies of violating legal protections for their works.