Microsoft deletes blog telling users to train AI on pirated Harry Potter books

Microsoft deletes blog telling users to train AI on pirated Harry Potter books

• Following backlash in aHacker News thread, Microsoft deleted a blog post that critics said encouraged developers to pirate Harry Potter books to train AI models that could then b

Consumer Tech · February 20, 2026 (updated February 24, 2026) · 2 min · 385 words