GitHub, Microsoft deny ‘unlawful conduct’ in AI copyright infringement case

GitHub and Microsoft, in separate responses, deny “unlawful conduct” allegations by class-action plaintiffs in a revised complaint accusing the companies of violating copyright protections and terms for licensing source code to train an AI-powered tool to assist in developing code.

“GitHub admits that Plaintiffs have made code available publicly in repositories on github.com and that they assert the code is subject to various licenses,” the company says in its July 22 response to a second amended complaint in J....