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Unsealed Briefs in Authors’ Case v. Microsoft/OpenAI

Unsealed court documents reveal OpenAI researchers knowingly trained models on copyrighted books from Libgen, explicitly worrying about the public relations fallout if the practice was exposed on Hacker News.

💬 Several users highlighted the irony of an OpenAI researcher specifically fearing negative exposure on Hacker News.
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The Authors Guild Unsealed Briefs in Authors’ Case v. Microsoft/OpenAI: Top Execs Knew Their Mass Book Piracy Was Illegal And Would Put Authors Out… (New York, September 21, 2026) Explosive new documents released last Thursday in Authors Guild v. OpenAI—the major book authors’ ongoing lawsuit alleging OpenAI and Microsoft illegally trained their products on copyrighted books—show that executives and employees…
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