Google contends that the lawsuit should be dismissed due to its vagueness, as it does not specify what personal information was allegedly collected, how it appears in Google’s AI services, or how the plaintiffs have been harmed. The company also states that the complaint does not provide facts showing how any particular copyrighted work was infringed. Google's general counsel, Halimah DeLaine Prado, stated that American law supports using public information for new beneficial uses and that the company looks forward to refuting these baseless claims.
Key takeaways:
- Google has asked a federal judge to dismiss a class-action lawsuit accusing the company of "mass theft of personal information" to develop AI products like the chatbot Bard.
- The lawsuit, filed in July by eight individuals, alleges that Google has been secretly stealing all content shared on the internet, infringing copyright, and violating user privacy.
- Google argues that the complaint is based on a false premise and lacks specific details about what personal information was allegedly collected and how it was misused.
- The company also faces similar litigation over generative artificial intelligence, as does OpenAI, which is facing several copyright infringement lawsuits.