Overview

• Nvidia faces a class action lawsuit over its AI platform NeMo, accused of using copyrighted books without permission for training.
• Authors Brian Keene, Abdi Nazemian, and Stewart O’Nan are leading the lawsuit, seeking damages and the destruction of the controversial dataset.
• The lawsuit centers on the use of the Books3 dataset, part of The Pile, which contains nearly 200,000 books, including works by the plaintiffs.
• Nvidia has responded, stating it believes NeMo was created in full compliance with copyright law.
• The case highlights ongoing legal battles over the use of copyrighted material in training generative AI models.