{"id":35903,"date":"2026-01-16T07:47:00","date_gmt":"2026-01-15T23:47:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/multimetro.hk\/plus\/2026\/01\/16\/publishers-seek-to-join-lawsuit-against-google-over-ai-training\/"},"modified":"2026-01-16T07:47:00","modified_gmt":"2026-01-15T23:47:00","slug":"publishers-seek-to-join-lawsuit-against-google-over-ai-training","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/multimetro.hk\/plus\/2026\/01\/16\/publishers-seek-to-join-lawsuit-against-google-over-ai-training\/","title":{"rendered":"Publishers seek to join lawsuit against Google over AI training"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Publishers Hachette Book Group and Cengage Group asked a California federal court on Thursday for permission to intervene in a proposed class action<br \/>lawsuit against Google over the alleged misuse of copyrighted material used to train its artificial intelligence systems.<br \/>The publishers said in their \u200cproposed complaint that the tech company &#8220;engaged in one of the most prolific infringements of copyrighted materials in history&#8221; to build its AI capabilities, copying content from Hachette books and Cengage textbooks without permission.<br \/>Spokespeople for Google did not immediately respond to a request for comment on the publishers&#8217; bid, which could increase the potential damages at stake in the case.<br \/>&#8220;We believe our participation will bolster the case, especially because publishers are uniquely positioned to address many of the legal, factual, and evidentiary questions before the Court,&#8221; Maria Pallante, CEO of the publishers&#8217; trade group the Association of American Publishers, said in a statement.<br \/>The lawsuit currently involves groups of visual artists and authors who sued Google for allegedly misusing their work to train its generative AI systems. 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