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The second judgment landed just a day later, concerning a case that prominent authors like Sarah Silverman, Ta-Nehisi Coates, and Richard Kadrey had brought against Meta on similar grounds, albeit more limited in scope.

After all, Kadrey, Silverman, and Coates have also been fighting a case against OpenAI, alleging direct copyright infringement and unfair competition in OpenAI’s use of their books to train bots like ChatGPT.

In a tribute released to the Warrington Guardian, Ms Harrison's mother Jane Coates said: "Although we have tried so hard to prepare for this moment, it is a brutal outcome to accept."

Ms Coates said a grand jury, which had since reviewed the case, "concluded that the evidence didn't meet the threshold for criminal charges".

Ms Coates added her daughter, who studied sociology and took part in college debates, would have been a "fierce advocate of this".