Séamas O'Reilly: I discovered my own memoir had been used to train Meta AI

Séamas O'Reilly: I discovered my own memoir had been used to train Meta AI

I hate that writers and artists must suffer the indignity of being pickpocketed by the richest men who’ve ever lived.

AI bedtime stories will rob children of precious memories, warn authors

THE rise of AI bedtime story-telling will rob parents and children of precious memories, top kids’ authors fear. Several artificial intelligence apps are now available, including AI Bedtime Custom Stories and Slumber: Calm Stories & Sleep, which can make up tales for children on the spot. Helen Pugh PhotographyAuthor Angela Proctor slammed the dangers of AI storytime[/caption] However, writer Michael Rosen — who penned the classic We’re Going On…

Swedish authors accuse Meta of stealing their work to train AI model. - Radio Sweden

53 Swedish authors are urging Culture Minister Parisa Liljestrand to take action against tech company Meta for the possible use of copyrighted works to ...

Authors Around the World Protest Against Meta’s AI Book Scraping Activities

A new investigation by The Atlantic is shedding light on a huge problem that authors in today’s day and age are facing, thanks to AI. So much original content is not only getting scraped online by bots, it’s also getting published on public libraries, leading to absolute fury. Millions of books and academic papers were taken without consent. The recent fury has to do with Facebook’s parent firm Meta, which might have accessed millions of materia…

Catching Up: The So it’s Already April Edition. On Sarah Wynn-Williams’s Careless People. Starship Troopers (both of them). Oh, and Kurt Vonnegut too!

-- Meta has vehemently denied the allegations in the book. “The book is a “mix of out-of-date and previously reported claims about the c...