Silverman v. OpenAI
Silverman v. OpenAI — Author Copyright Class Action (N.D. Cal.)
N.D. Cal. · Silverman v. OpenAI, Inc., No. 3:23-cv-03416 (N.D. Cal.)
- Status
- Blocked / in litigation
- Took effect
- July 7, 2023
- Applies to
- OpenAI, Inc.
Comedian and author Sarah Silverman, along with Christopher Golden and Richard Kadrey, sued OpenAI in July 2023 alleging ChatGPT was trained on their books via shadow-library datasets like Books3. The case proceeds in N.D. Cal. consolidated with related author actions.
Who is protected: Class of U.S. book authors whose works appear in shadow-library training corpora
Legal detail
Silverman v. OpenAI, Inc., No. 3:23-cv-03416 (N.D. Cal., filed July 7, 2023; Judge Araceli Martínez-Olguín). Mirror of Tremblay complaint with overlapping plaintiffs; same Feb. 12, 2024 partial dismissal applied. Surviving claim: direct copyright infringement. Consolidated for pretrial purposes with Tremblay and Chabon.
Key facts
| Jurisdiction | N.D. Cal. |
|---|---|
| Level | Federal |
| Citation | Silverman v. OpenAI, Inc., No. 3:23-cv-03416 (N.D. Cal.) |
| Topics | copyright and training data |
| Court record | Silverman v. OpenAI — CourtListener 3:23-cv-03416 |
More AI rules in N.D. Cal.
- Tremblay v. OpenAI · Blocked / in litigation
- Kadrey v. Meta · Blocked / in litigation
- Chabon v. OpenAI · 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- USPTO AI Inventorship Guidance · Repealed / replaced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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