MICROSOFT, OPENAI SUED OVER COPYRIGHT INFRINGEMENT BY NONFICTION BOOK AUTHORS

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Two nonfiction authors filed a class action lawsuit against Microsoft and OpenAI, alleging copyright infringement in the creation of AI systems like ChatGPT. The lawsuit follows a similar case by The New York Times and includes claims that the defendants used copyrighted works without permission. The authors are seeking to represent a broad class of impacted writers and damages of up to $150,000 per infringed work.