Unsealed briefs allege OpenAI, Microsoft execs knew book piracy was illegal, feared HN optics
petrusenko_max · x · 2026-09-27
Unsealed briefs in Authors Guild v. OpenAI and Microsoft allege that top executives knew the mass book piracy used for training was illegal and would put authors out of work. The filings also reveal OpenAI worried about the "optics" of what might surface on Hacker News.
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