Publishers Sue Google Over Gemini AI Training

Major publishers including Hachette and Elsevier, along with authors, have filed a class action lawsuit against Google, alleging the company used copyrighted works to train its Gemini AI without permission. The suit also claims Google deliberately altered copyright information to hide that its models were trained on stolen materials. The case is filed in New York, separate from California courts that recently ruled AI training constitutes fair use. Plaintiffs argue Google misused books shared specifically for its Google Books and Google Play programs. An internal Google document cited in the suit reportedly warned that such use could result in fines of up to hundreds of billions of dollars.