Meta trained its AI on copyrighted work, new lawsuit alleges
Summary
Publishers and author Scott Turow have sued Meta and its founder Mark Zuckerberg. They claim Meta used millions of copyrighted works without permission to train its AI models called Llama.Key Facts
- The lawsuit was filed in a federal court in New York.
- Plaintiffs include Scott Turow and publishers Cengage, Elsevier, Hachette, Macmillan, and McGraw-Hill.
- Meta allegedly collected copyrighted content from the internet, including pirate sites, to train Llama.
- The suit says Meta removed copyright information to hide its use of stolen material.
- Llama produces text that sometimes copies original works word-for-word and mimics authors’ writing styles.
- The lawsuit accuses Mark Zuckerberg of personally approving the use of pirated content for AI training.
- Meta stated it will fight the lawsuit and claims training AI on copyrighted work can be considered fair use.
- A similar case last year led to a $1.5 billion settlement by AI company Anthropic with many authors.
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