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Cohere Seeks Dismissal of Media Copyright Lawsuit, Citing Misuse of Demo Tools

The AI firm argues publishers manipulated its demo environment to fabricate claims of infringement, while asserting no real customers have used its tools to violate copyrights.

A view of Cohere's office in Toronto on February 5, 2025. (Cole Burston)
A man uses a computer keyboard in Toronto in this Sunday, Oct. 9, 2023 photo illustration. The First Nations Health Authority in B.C. is investigating after being hit by a cybersecurity attack.THE CANADIAN PRESS/Graeme Roy
FILE PHOTO: Cohere logo is seen in this illustration taken March 31, 2023. REUTERS/Dado Ruvic/Illustration/File Photo

Overview

  • Cohere filed a motion to dismiss a lawsuit from media companies alleging systematic copyright infringement through the use of its AI tools.
  • The company claims the publishers deliberately misused its developer demo environment to create misleading examples of infringement.
  • Cohere emphasized that its enterprise-focused tools are used by businesses in regulated industries and not for consumer-facing applications like chatbots.
  • The publishers are seeking up to $150,000 per article allegedly scraped and used for training Cohere’s language models.
  • Cohere invoked U.S. fair use provisions and its terms of service as part of its defense against the allegations.