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Microsoft AI Under Fire for Allegedly Consuming 200,000 Pirated Books — Authors Fight Back (www.ibtimes.co.uk)

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Microsoft faces accusations from a collective of authors who claim the tech giant developed an artificial intelligence model using around 200,000 unlawfully copied books. This marks the latest development in the ongoing legal dispute over copyrighted material involving creators and technology firms.

Authors, including Kai Bird, Jia Tolentino, and Daniel Okrent, have brought forward claims that Microsoft taught its Megatron AI to generate human-like responses by utilising pirated digital copies of their books.

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[-] [email protected] 28 points 1 week ago

Torrent sites should rebrand to AI training hubs.

[-] [email protected] 6 points 1 week ago

@Blue_Morpho @throws_lemy Well yeah, this is simply genius.

Takedowns will become a thing of the past!! :ablobcatgoogly:

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