US EditionMicrosoft Sued by Authors over Alleged Use of 200_000 Pirated Books to Train AI
- On Tuesday, a collective of authors initiated a federal lawsuit in New York, alleging that Microsoft incorporated unauthorized copies of close to 200,000 books to develop its Megatron AI system.
- The lawsuit followed a June 25 California ruling that Anthropic's AI training on authors’ material qualified as fair use, though liability for piracy remains uncertain.
- Among the plaintiffs, Pulitzer Prize winner Kai Bird included, seek statutory damages reaching $150,000 for each copyrighted work infringed, as well as a court injunction to prevent further unauthorized use of their books.
- The complaint alleges Microsoft downloaded a pirated dataset used to create a model mimicking syntax and themes, while Microsoft argues AI training is transformative fair use.
- This case adds to ongoing legal challenges confronting Big Tech over AI training practices and could affect future copyright enforcement and AI industry growth.
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Microsoft sued by authors over alleged use of 200_000 pirated books to train AI
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Microsoft Sued By Authors Over Use Of Books In AI Training
Microsoft has been hit with a lawsuit by a group of authors who claim the company used their books without permission to train its Megatron artificial intelligence model.Kai Bird, Jia Tolentino, Daniel Okrent, and several others alleged that Microsoft used pirated digital versions of their books to teach its AI to respond to human prompts. Their lawsuit, filed in New York federal court on Tuesday, is one of several high-stakes cases brought by a…
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