Summary
Michael Chabon and Ayelet Waldman sued OpenAI entities alleging their copyrighted books were used without permission to train GPT models powering ChatGPT. The case, No. 3:23-cv-04625, was filed in the Northern District of California on September 8, 2023, under the Copyright Act, consolidated with Tremblay v. OpenAI and Silverman v. OpenAI, where unfair competition claims were dismissed on July 30, 2024, leaving only copyright infringement allegations. It transferred to the Southern District of New York on April 3, 2025, as part of In re OpenAI, Inc. Copyright Infringement Litigation MDL No. 3143, one of multiple similar author class actions against AI companies.
Case details
- Court
- SDNY
- Docket number
- 1:25-cv-03291
- Filed
- Apr 21, 2025
- Status
- Active
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