Meta used “pirated” versions of copyrighted books to train AI models
- Meta Platforms used “pirated” versions of copyrighted books to train its AI systems.
- This was done with the approval of Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg.
Meta used “pirated” versions of copyrighted books to train AI models
Mark Zuckerberg approved Meta’s use of “pirated” versions of copyrighted books to train the company’s artificial intelligence models, a group of authors claimed in a US court filing. The Guardian.
The authors who filed the court case argue that internal documents presented by Meta during the discovery process showed that the company knew that the works were pirated.
As part of this action, Meta’s chief executive supported the use of the LibGen dataset, a vast online archive of “shadow” books originating in Russia that claims to contain millions of novels, non-fiction books and scholarly journal articles , appropriate Reuters.
Citing internal communications, the filing also says Meta engineers discussed accessing and reviewing LibGen data, but hesitated to begin the process because “torrenting,” a term for peer-to-peer file sharing, from “a corporate laptop ( owned by Meta) doesn’t seem right,” notes The Guardian.
Last year, a U.S. District Judge, Vince Chhabria, dismissed complaints that text generated by Meta’s AI models infringed on authors’ copyrights and that Meta had illegally removed the copyright management information of their books.
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