OpenAI Gets Some of Sarah Silverman’s Suit Cut in Mixed Ruling

OpenAI Inc. must face a claim that it violated California unfair competition law by using copyrighted books from comedian Sarah Silverman and other authors to train ChatGPT without permission.

But US District Judge Araceli Martínez-Olguín on Monday also dismissed a number of Silverman and her coplaintiffs’ other legal claims, including allegations of vicarious copyright infringement, violations of the Digital Millennium Copyright Act, negligence, and unjust enrichment.

The judge gave the authors the opportunity to amend their proposed class action by March 13 to fix the defects in the complaint.

The core of the lawsuit remains alive, as ...