Google sued by major publishers over alleged AI training on copyrighted books

Jul 14, 2026

Hachette Book Group, Cengage Learning, Elsevier, and author Scott Turow have filed a lawsuit against Google, alleging the company used millions of copyrighted books without permission to train its Gemini AI models. The publishers describe the alleged use as 'one of the most prolific infringements of copyrighted materials in history.'

Why it matters: The outcome of this lawsuit could influence how AI companies approach the use of copyrighted materials in training their models.

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