OpenAI, Microsoft Sued Over Alleged AI Copyright Infringements
• OpenAI and Microsoft face class-action lawsuit from authors Nicholas Basbanes and Nicholas Gage, who allege AI systems were trained on their copyrighted books without permission
• Lawsuit seeks damages of up to $150,000 for each infringed work, claims companies "stole" intellectual property
• Authors aim to represent larger group of writers whose works were allegedly used without consent
• OpenAI already in separate legal battle with The New York Times over use of copyrighted content to train AI models
• Lawsuit questions ethical and legal implications of using copyrighted materials to develop profitable AI systems without permission