Federal Judge Dismisses Unfair Competition Claim in Authors’ Suit Against OpenAI, Leaving Only Copyright Infringement Allegation

A California federal judge has recently dismissed an unfair competition claim from a class action suit brought against OpenAI Inc. by a group of notable authors. The plaintiffs allege that the ChatGPT creator has been improperly copying their protected works. With this ruling, the only remaining claim in the lawsuit pertains to direct copyright infringement. For more details on the ongoing legal battle, you can read about it on Law360.