Chabon v. OpenAI
Chabon v. OpenAI — Author Copyright Class Action (N.D. Cal.)
N.D. Cal. · Chabon v. OpenAI, Inc., No. 3:23-cv-04625 (N.D. Cal.)
- Status
- Blocked / in litigation
- Took effect
- September 8, 2023
- Applies to
- OpenAI, Inc.
Pulitzer winner Michael Chabon, Ayelet Waldman, David Henry Hwang, and other authors sued OpenAI in September 2023 alleging ChatGPT was trained on their copyrighted books. Consolidated with Tremblay and Silverman before the same judge.
Who is protected: Class of U.S. book authors with works in OpenAI training corpora
Legal detail
Chabon v. OpenAI, Inc., No. 3:23-cv-04625 (N.D. Cal., filed Sept. 8, 2023; Judge Araceli Martínez-Olguín). Parallel complaint to Tremblay; same partial-dismissal disposition. Consolidated with Tremblay and Silverman; surviving claim is direct copyright infringement.
Key facts
| Jurisdiction | N.D. Cal. |
|---|---|
| Level | Federal |
| Citation | Chabon v. OpenAI, Inc., No. 3:23-cv-04625 (N.D. Cal.) |
| Topics | copyright and training data |
| Court record | Chabon v. OpenAI — CourtListener 3:23-cv-04625 |
More AI rules in N.D. Cal.
- Tremblay v. OpenAI · Blocked / in litigation
- Silverman v. OpenAI · Blocked / in litigation
- Kadrey v. Meta · Blocked / in litigation
- Chabon v. Meta · Blocked / in litigation
- Andersen v. Stability AI · Blocked / in litigation
- Doe v. GitHub (Copilot) · Blocked / in litigation
Related copyright and training data rules elsewhere
- Hachette v. Google (Gemini AI copyright) · Blocked / in litigation
- New York Stealth Crawler Prohibition Act (2026) · Proposed / pending
- Copyright Office AI Guidance · In effect
- USPTO AI Inventorship Guidance · Repealed / replaced
- NYT v. OpenAI / Microsoft · Blocked / in litigation
- Authors Guild v. OpenAI · Blocked / in litigation
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