<ul data-eligibleForWebStory="true"><li>Authors, including Kai Bird, Jia Tolentino, and Daniel Okrent, have sued Microsoft in New York federal court for allegedly using pirated books to train its Megatron AI model.</li><li>The authors claim Microsoft utilized pirated versions of their books to teach its AI to respond to human prompts, mimicking syntax, voice, and themes of the copyrighted works.</li><li>The lawsuit requests a court order to block Microsoft's alleged infringement and seeks statutory damages of up to $150,000 per work misused by Microsoft.</li><li>Tech companies have faced several copyright lawsuits for alleged infringement, with ongoing disputes over fair use and transformative content creation in the AI industry.</li></ul>

Microsoft Sued By Authors In Latest AI Copyright Lawsuit

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