Authors Abdi Nazemian, Stewart O’Nan, and Brian Keene have initiated legal action against Nvidia Corp., alleging that the company utilized their copyrighted material to train NeMo, an artificial intelligence toolkit designed for conversational purposes. This lawsuit echoes a previous legal complaint filed by The New York Times against OpenAI and Microsoft Corp. in December.
According to the plaintiffs, Nvidia utilized their copyrighted content multiple times to train its NeMo Megatron language models. NeMo is utilized by researchers to streamline the process of developing new conversational AI models by incorporating previously existing work, including code and pretrained models.
In response to these allegations, an Nvidia spokesperson asserted that they uphold the rights of content creators and maintain that NeMo was developed in adherence to copyright regulations.
This lawsuit against Nvidia adds to the legal scrutiny facing companies in the AI sector, with OpenAI also facing allegations of copyright infringement. Despite these legal challenges, Nvidia’s stock has experienced significant gains in 2024, although it faced a temporary setback due to concerns raised by analysts about the stock’s high trading levels.
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