The article discusses a lawsuit filed by authors against Microsoft, OpenAI, and other companies involved in the development of ChatGPT, an AI language model. The writers, including novelists and non-fiction authors, claim that their copyrighted works were used without permission to train the AI system. The lawsuit alleges that the companies engaged in “massive willful copyright infringement” by ingesting books, novels, and other written works to build ChatGPT’s knowledge base. The plaintiffs argue that this violates their exclusive rights as copyright holders and seek compensation for the alleged infringement. The case raises questions about the use of copyrighted material in training AI systems and the potential impact on authors’ livelihoods. The companies involved have not yet commented on the lawsuit.