A group of major news publishers, including Condé Nast and McClatchy, has filed a lawsuit against AI company Cohere for alleged copyright violations. According to Alexandra Bruell from The Wall Street Journal, the publishers claim Cohere used at least 4,000 copyrighted works to train its large language model without permission. The lawsuit, filed in New York, alleges that Cohere’s AI system reproduces entire articles and creates false content attributed to publishers. The Toronto-based company, valued at over $5 billion, denies the allegations, calling the lawsuit “misguided and frivolous.” Publishers are seeking damages of $150,000 per infringed work and demand the destruction of all copyrighted materials in Cohere’s possession. The case adds to growing tensions between news organizations and AI companies over content usage rights.