The authors allege Megatron-LM was trained on 200,000 pirated books, allowing it to mimic the style and themes of their copyrighted works without consent.

The authors requested a court order blocking Microsoft's infringement and statutory damages of up to $150K for each work allegedly misused.

The race to dominate the AI sector is constantly evolving, but it seems Microsoft may have taken a few creative shortcuts, and a growing group of authors isn’t letting it slide. On June 25, a lawsuit filed in a New York federal court accused the tech giant of using over 200,