Penguin to sue OpenAI over ChatGPT version of German children’s book
by Philip Oltermann European culture editor from on (#74MV8)
Publisher alleges AI research company's chatbot violated its copyright over Coconut the Little Dragon series
Penguin Random House has filed a lawsuit against OpenAI, alleging its chatbot ChatGPT violated copyright by mimicking and reproducing the content of a popular series of German children's books.
The lawsuit, which was filed on Friday with a Munich court against OpenAI's Ireland-based European subsidiary, states Penguin Random House's legal team had prompted ChatGPT to write a story in the vein of Penguin author and illustrator Ingo Siegner's Coconut the Little Dragon series.
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