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[/mobile_embed_code]Developers of artificial intelligence have been hit with dozens of lawsuits brought by content creators who allege the companies stole their work to turn a profit and create products that may ultimately replace their industries.
The suits, brought by news outlets, authors, photographers, and songwriters, argue that the companies used their work to train and develop AI tools without compensating them, while at the same time racing to make their creative work obsolete.
Santa Clara Law professor Edward Lee runs an online tracker showing that nearly 100 such cases are in the discovery or pre-discovery phases while litigants gather evidence for the courts….