A group of authors, including Kai Bird and Jia Tolentino, has filed a lawsuit against Microsoft, alleging that the company used nearly 200,000 pirated books to train its AI model, Megatron. This lawsuit is part of a broader trend of legal actions by creative professionals against technology companies alleging misuse of copyrighted materials for artificial intelligence training. The authors are seeking damages of up to $150,000 per work, arguing that Microsoft's practices infringe on their rights. The case comes on the heels of other rulings in the tech industry's use of copyrighted content.
The authors alleged in the complaint that Microsoft used a collection of nearly 200,000 pirated books to train Megatron, an AI product that gives text responses to user prompts.
Their lawsuit, filed in New York federal court on Tuesday, is one of several high-stakes cases brought by authors against tech companies over alleged misuse of their material.
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