Key holding or allegation
Plaintiffs allege unauthorised training use; no merits holding has been verified for this snapshot.
Why it matters
Potential direct Chinese training-data litigation if and when a merits ruling is published.
Facts
Illustrators challenged alleged unauthorised use of protected works in AI-model training.
Issues before the court
Whether the alleged training uses infringed copyright and what remedies may follow.
What the court did not decide
No judicial merits proposition should be attributed until the disposition is verified.
Procedural timeline
Beijing Internet Court
Pending proceeding publicly reported: Illustrators challenge alleged unauthorised use of their works in generative-AI training.