MonitoringAI & TechSecurity incidentFirst tracked 2026-09-27Last changed 2026-09-27
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Newly unsealed filings in the Authors Guild v. OpenAI case quote an OpenAI researcher worrying about the 'optics' of training on copyrighted books from a 'sketchy Russian website' appearing on Hacker News, indicating top executives knew the mass book piracy was likely illegal.
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OpenAI Feared "Optics" of what might appear on Hacker News
Newly unsealed filings in the Authors Guild v. OpenAI case quote an OpenAI researcher worrying about the 'optics' of training on copyrighted books from a 'sketchy Russian website' appearing on Hacker News, indicating top executives knew the mass book piracy was likely illegal.
Source evidence: papergirl