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Microsoft blogger suggests you train AI on pirated Harry Potter

Rob Beschizza
Feb 21, 2026
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Slop Potter and some AI brundlefly Ron-Hermione

Following a “backlash,” Microsoft has removed a blog post [archive.is] suggesting that you train an AI on Harry Potter, which it helpfully explained can be found online free of charge. Alas, it is once again impossible to write your own Harry Potter fan fiction.

By using a well-known dataset, we can create e…

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