In a recent legal development, Bloomberg, the media company, has reached out to a Manhattan federal judge requesting the dismissal of its role in an impending class action lawsuit. This case, fronted by former Arkansas Governor Mike Huckabee, alleges infringement of e-books’ copyrights to train Bloomberg’s expansive language model. Bloomberg counteracts these claims on the grounds that the plaintiffs’ complaint lacks the specific detailing necessary to uphold their accusations.
This Manhattan-based legal squabble between Bloomberg and Huckabee brings to fore one of the pressing issues at the intersection of copyright laws and the growing use of AI technologies. The accusations targeted at Bloomberg question the ethical concerns surrounding AI technologies using copyrighted literature for their training processes. This particular case underscores the critical need for legal clarity in managing disputes of this nature in the future.
More detailed analysis of Bloomberg’s appeal for dismissal from the class action can be found in the Law360 report here.