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Publishers sue Google, allege Gemini was trained on copyrighted books without permission

Publishers File Lawsuit Against Google Over AI Training Practices?blur=25

Hachette, Cengage, Elsevier and author Scott Turow have filed a proposed class action in New York, accusing Google of unlawfully using millions of copyrighted books to develop its Gemini AI models

e4m Staff Jul 15, 2026 11:18 AM