Lawyers for Open AI denied that ChatGPT played free and easy with copyright on Helene Fischer's Atemlos, the fifth most successful song in German pop history, and others. On Tuesday, a Munich court grounded the US tech giant Open AI with a bump, thanks in part to Mey’s folksy feel-good number. Gema – with membership that includes musicians, composers and lyricists – took the test case using 10 popular German hits it said had been used to train ChatGPT. Lawyers for Open AI denied that ChatGPT played free and easy with the fifth most successful song in German pop history. Gema hopes the case will conclude in its favour as “the first landmark AI ruling in Europe”.

Source: The Irish Times November 13, 2025 16:26 UTC