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People had speculated on what went into ‘books2’ for years. Now we know; pirated books powered the hugely successful launch of ChatGPT.
IMO this should be mentioned every time ChatGPT is discussed.
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IMO this should be mentioned every time ChatGPT is discussed.
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Memorandum & Opinion – #846 in In Re: OpenAI, Inc. Copyright Infringement Litigation (S.D.N.Y., 1:25-md-03143) – CourtListener.com
OPINION & ORDER RE: OPENAI'S DELETION OF BOOKS1 AND BOOKS2 DATASETS AND PRIVILEGE RULINGS (ECF NOS. 413, 428, 479, 481, 504, 505, 615, 616) re: (226 in 1:24-cv-00084-SHS-OTW, 413 in 1:25-md-03143-SHS-...
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February 15, 2026 at 8:22 AM
People had speculated on what went into ‘books2’ for years. Now we know; pirated books powered the hugely successful launch of ChatGPT.
IMO this should be mentioned every time ChatGPT is discussed.
storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
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IMO this should be mentioned every time ChatGPT is discussed.
storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
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This isn't something distant or far away. Super-agent & close Epstein ally, John Brockman had huge influence. His 'rockstar' writers, scientists and academics dominated our book pages & broadsheets.
We need nothing less than a total revisionist history of the last 20 years.
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We need nothing less than a total revisionist history of the last 20 years.
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February 15, 2026 at 11:18 AM
This isn't something distant or far away. Super-agent & close Epstein ally, John Brockman had huge influence. His 'rockstar' writers, scientists and academics dominated our book pages & broadsheets.
We need nothing less than a total revisionist history of the last 20 years.
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We need nothing less than a total revisionist history of the last 20 years.
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He's in trouble. He's saying what people want to hear. He'll always serve the rich, in the end. Let's keep our optimism in check.
February 14, 2026 at 5:57 PM
He's in trouble. He's saying what people want to hear. He'll always serve the rich, in the end. Let's keep our optimism in check.
Man selling thing says thing is devastatingly good.
February 13, 2026 at 2:09 PM
Man selling thing says thing is devastatingly good.