Media Companies Sue Cohere for Copyright Infringement

A group of major publishers, including Condé Nast, The Atlantic, and Forbes, has filed a lawsuit against the Canadian AI company Cohere for alleged copyright and trademark infringement. The lawsuit, filed in the Southern District of New York, accuses Cohere of using over 4,000 copyrighted articles without permission to train its AI models, thereby harming publishers' revenues and brand reputation. The plaintiffs also allege that Cohere's AI generates 'hallucinated' content which misattributes false information to them, further damaging their brands. Cohere, valued at over $5 billion, has denied the allegations, calling the lawsuit misguided and claiming its training practices respect intellectual property rights. The publishers seek up to $150,000 in damages per infringed work and a permanent injunction to prevent further use of their content. This lawsuit is part of a growing trend of litigation against AI companies for using copyrighted content without proper licensing.