Nvidia, which powers artificial intelligence-powered chips, is being sued by three U.S. authors for using copyrighted books without permission to train its NeMo AI platform.
Brian Keene, Abdi Nazemian, and Stewart O’Nan said their work was trained by NeMo to simulate normal written language before it was removed in October “due to a copyright infringement report.” It said it was part of a dataset of approximately 196,640 books that helped.
The works targeted in the lawsuit include Mr. Keene’s 2008 novel. ghost walkNazemian’s 2019 novel like a love storyand Onan’s 2007 novella Last night’s lobster.
Nvidia declined to comment Sunday. Lawyers for the authors did not immediately respond to a request for additional comment Sunday.
The lawsuit puts NVIDIA in the midst of a growing number of lawsuits by authors and the New York Times over generative AI, which creates new content based on input such as text, images, and audio.
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The rise of AI has made Nvidia a favorite of investors.
The Santa Clara, California-based chipmaker’s stock has risen nearly 600 percent since the end of 2022, giving Nvidia a market value of nearly $2.2 trillion.
