Google Faces Lawsuit Over Alleged Web Scraping for AI Training

Lawsuit alleges Google's AI training violated privacy and IP rights by web-scraping data created by millions of people.

Google seeks dismissal, arguing web scraping public info is not stealing and is essential for AI progress.

Lawsuit claims Google has only been able to build AI by "secretly stealing" everything on the internet.

Google says lawsuit would "take a sledgehammer" to the idea of generative AI if it sides with prosecutors.

Prosecution responds that "our data is our property" and tech companies can't just take it without consent.