A coalition of 14 major media companies, including Toronto Star, Vox Media, and Condé Nast, has filed a copyright lawsuit against Cohere, accusing it of unauthorized use of their content to train its AI models. Filed in New York, the suit alleges massive copyright and trademark infringement and seeks damages plus an order stopping Cohere from using their work.
The filing claims Cohere’s chat tool reproduces entire articles and even fabricates content attributed to publishers. Cohere denies wrongdoing, calling the lawsuit “misguided” and defending its enterprise AI training practices. The case follows similar lawsuits against OpenAI and Anthropic.
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