Archive · 7 Sep 2025
Apple Sued Over AI Training on Copyrighted Books
Two authors, Grady Hendrix and Jennifer Roberson, are suing Apple.
They claim Apple used their books, and others, to train its new AI, called Apple Intelligence, without asking for permission.
Apple allegedly used a web scraper to find these books in online libraries that contained illegal copies.
The authors say Apple didn't pay them or give them credit for using their work.
This is similar to another case where a company paid a lot of money for doing the same thing.
The authors want to stop Apple from using their work without their consent and getting paid.
Authors Grady Hendrix and Jennifer Roberson sued Apple.
The lawsuit alleges copyright infringement.
Apple used copyrighted books to train Apple Intelligence.
Apple used a web scraper to collect data for AI training.
The suit claims Apple didn't seek permission or pay authors.
- Who
- Authors Grady Hendrix and Jennifer Roberson are suing Apple.
- What
- A copyright infringement lawsuit has been filed against Apple.
- When
- Information not available in the article.
- Where
- Information not available in the article.
- Why
- Apple allegedly used copyrighted books to train its AI model without permission.
- Company Sued
- Apple
- Plaintiffs
- Authors Grady Hendrix and Jennifer Roberson
- AI Product
- Apple Intelligence
- Allegation
- Copyright Infringement
- Method
- Using copyrighted books without permission