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Meta Accused of Torrenting 81.7TB of Pirated Books to Train AI Models

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Unsealed emails reveal Meta employees knowingly used shadow libraries like LibGen and Z-Library for AI training, raising serious legal and ethical concerns.

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Meta accused of using 81.7 TB of copyrighted books to train her AI

As part of the Kadrey lawsuit against Meta, Mark Zuckerberg's company is being accused of using copyrighted books to train its intelligence models...

9 months ago·Portugal

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Tech Spot

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Meta used pirated books to train its AI models, and there are emails to prove it

The lawsuit filed by Sarah Silverman, Richard Kadrey, and other writers and rights holders against Meta may be entering its most critical phase. The authors have obtained internal company emails in which Meta employees openly discussed "torrenting" well-known archives of pirated content to train more powerful AI models.Read Entire Article

9 months ago

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Palo a Meta: he went down through Torrent dozens of millions of pirated books, to train his AI

The emails made public by the prosecution show that he used Torrent files to download 81.7 TB with millions of books from pirate websites.

9 months ago·Madrid, Spain

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Origo

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Facebook's parent company may have pirated tens of millions of books

He had to teach his generative artificial intelligence something.

9 months ago·Budapest, Hungary

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Ars Technica

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Meta torrented over 81.7TB of pirated books to train AI, authors say

Meta’s alleged torrenting and seeding of pirated books complicates copyright case.

9 months ago·United States

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Reuters

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Meta knew it used pirated books to train AI, authors say

Meta Platforms used pirated versions of copyrighted books to train its artificial intelligence systems with approval from its CEO Mark Zuckerberg, a group of authors alleged in newly disclosed court papers.

9 months ago·United Kingdom

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