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French publishers and authors sue Meta over copyright works used in AI training

French organisations representing publishers and authors have launched legal action against Meta for using copyrighted books to train AI applications without authorization.
The groups, including SNE, SGDL, and SNAC, accused Meta of economic "parasitism" and illegal use of protected content.
Meta acknowledged using the Books3 database, which contains around 200,000 books, for training its Llama language model.
The case is described as a "David versus Goliath battle," highlighting the struggle against a tech giant.

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French publishers and authors sue Meta over copyright works used in AI training

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