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title: "OpenAI Feared \"Optics\" of what might appear on Hacker News"
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published_at: "2026-09-27T06:19:33.000Z"
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summary: "(New York, September 21, 2026) Explosive new documents released last Thursday in Authors Guild v. OpenAI—the major book authors’ ongoing lawsuit alleging OpenAI and Microsoft illegally trained their products on copyrighted books—show that executives and employees at both companies intentionally […]"
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# OpenAI Feared "Optics" of what might appear on Hacker News

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**Published:** 2026-09-27T06:19:33.000Z
**Category:** Industry
**Topics:** openai

## Summary

\(New York, September 21, 2026\) Explosive new documents released last Thursday in Authors Guild v\. OpenAI—the major book authors’ ongoing lawsuit alleging OpenAI and Microsoft illegally trained their products on copyrighted books—show that executives and employees at both companies intentionally \[…\]

## Sources

- [Story source](<https://authorsguild.org/news/ag-v-openai-top-execs-knew-mass-book-piracy-was-illegal/>)
- [Discussion](<https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49863864>)