Technology,
Intellectual Property,
Civil Litigation
Oct. 24, 2025
Novelist sues Apple over AI use of copyrighted works
Author Tasha Alexander alleges Apple trained its 'Apple Intelligence' model using her books without permission.
In the latest class action against a company for allegedly infringing authors' copyrights to develop generative AI models, novelist Tasha Alexander has sued Apple Inc. in San Jose federal court, claiming it used her works to train the "Apple Intelligence" large language model without a license.
The complaint -- filed by Cotchett, Pitre & McCarthy LLP and Bleichmar Fonti & Auld LLP -- said Apple was perceived to be falling behind in the AI race among technolo...
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