Software company Databricks Inc. lost its bid to dismiss a proposed class action from a group of authors who allege the company trained its large language AI model on their books without permission.
The ruling by Judge Charles R. Breyer of the US District Court for the Northern District of California, said the authors had sufficient evidence to support their allegations that Databricks had made unauthorized copies of their books at this early stage of the case.
Breyer had previously dismissed the copyright suit but allowed the authors to file an amended complaint when additional evidence obtained during discovery.
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