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The lawsuit, filed in a Munich court, claims that ChatGPT mimicked and reproduced both text and illustrations from the series, rendering them virtually indistinguishable from the originals. This legal action is seen as a significant case in the realm of AI and copyright, with the German Publishers and Booksellers Association highlighting the need for urgent AI regulation. OpenAI has previously faced similar lawsuits regarding the use of copyrighted materials in training its AI models.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Penguin Random House, one of the largest publishing houses globally, has filed a lawsuit against OpenAI, alleging that its AI-powered tool, ChatGPT, has violated copyright laws. 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