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More non-fiction authors are suing OpenAI and Microsoft


A pair of journalists is suing OpenAI and Microsoft for "massive and deliberate theft of copyrighted works" to train the former's generative AI models.

In November, a group of non-fiction authors filed a lawsuit accusing OpenAI and Microsoft of using other people's intellectual property without permission to train the former's generative AI technology. Meanwhile, the defendants have "ready access to billions in capital" and "simply stole" the plaintiffs' "copyrighted works to build another billion+ dollar commercial industry," they allege. OpenAI is contending with a growing list of lawsuits filed by creatives accusing it of using their work without permission to train its LLMs, including one by fiction authors George R.R.

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