US EditionMeta knew it used pirated books to train AI, authors say
- Meta Platforms allegedly used pirated versions of copyrighted books to train its artificial intelligence systems, with approval from CEO Mark Zuckerberg, according to a group of authors.
- Internal documents revealed that Meta was aware the works were pirated, strengthening the authors' infringement claims.
- The filing indicates that Meta's AI team was authorized to use a data set of pirated ebooks and articles for training after 'escalation to MZ.'
- The new allegations state that Meta removed copyright management information from the works before processing the data for its AI model.
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Meta is facing a lawsuit alleging that the company used pirated materials to train its Llama artificial intelligence (AI) models, with the supposed approval of the CEO himself,...
Mark Zuckerberg named in lawsuit over Meta’s use of pirated books for AI training
A group of authors, including Ta-Nehisi Coates and Sarah Silverman, alleged in a court filing that Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg approved "Meta's torrenting and processing of pirated copyrighted works" to train the company's AI models.The California filing, which was made public on Wednesday, claims that Zuckerberg supported the use of the LibGen dataset, an archive that originated in Russia and contains a library of pirated books, to train its Llama…
Millions of pirated works help develop the program, which is also supported by Mark Zuckerberg, claim the authors who went to court.
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