ai, Meta

Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg approved the use of pirated books to train AI: Court filing
Meta Platforms trained its AI models using pirated versions of copyrighted books, with the approval of its CEO Mark Zuckerberg. According to newly disclosed court papers, a group of authors is alleging that the social media giant knew they were using pirated work to train their AI systems.
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.
Facebook Apparently Trained Its AI by Torrenting Pirated Books Stolen From Authors
Free Loaders Newly unredacted court documents allege that Meta, formerly Facebook, knowingly used pirated books obtained from the online archive Library Genesis to train its AI models, Wired reports.
Mark Zuckerberg named in lawsuit over Meta’s use of pirated books for AI training
Authors, including Ta-Nehisi Coates and Sarah Silverman, allege Meta's illegal use of copyrighted materials to build AI models.
Court filing says Zuck knowingly okayed training Facebook's AI on pirated books
Sometimes, companies trying to homebrew their own uncreativity engines attempt to throw money at this problem, licensing books or articles as training data from authors and publishers. And sometimes they,
Lawsuit says Mark Zuckerberg approved Meta's use of pirated materials to train Llama AI
Meta allegedly used copyrighted journals, books and other materials from the LibGen dataset to train its Llama AI models.
Mark Zuckerberg gave Meta’s Llama team the OK to train on copyrighted works, filing claims
Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg gave Meta's Llama team approval to train on copyrighted documents, according to a new court filing.
Meta faces copyright claims over pirated books
Meta Platforms is currently facing allegations of copyright infringement, as a group of authors claim that the company knowingly used pirated books to train its artificial intelligence (AI) systems, reports Reuters.

Elon Musk, Mark Zuckerberg

Meta Ditches Fact-Checks For X-Style Community Notes—Zuckerberg Says It Will Restore ‘Free Expression’
Zuckerberg said the 2024 U.S. elections felt like “a cultural tipping point towards, once again, prioritizing speech.” ...
‘Morning Joe’ Rips Mark Zuckerberg for ‘Horrific’ Decision to End Fact Checks
Joe" co-host Joe Scarborough on Wednesday lambasted Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg for his decision to cancel third-party fact ...
Mark Zuckerberg wears rare $900K Swiss watch to reveal major shift on Meta’s free speech: report
As he argued that content moderation on Facebook and Instagram has “gone too far,” Meta’s Mark Zuckerberg sported an ...
Mark Zuckerberg's Meta is moving moderators from California to Texas to combat concerns about bias and censorship
Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg said moving teams from California to Texas and other states would help address concerns of ...
Fact-checking network refutes Zuckerberg's claims of censorship on Meta platform
International Fact-Checking Network denies Mark Zuckerberg's claim that their program is censorship, calling it false ...
Mark Zuckerberg ended Facebook censorship after his own post about MMA knee injury got demoted by algorithm: report
Zuckerberg on Tuesday announced that Meta would end its partnerships with third party fact-checkers and institute a ...
Meta rolls back hate speech rules as Zuckerberg cites 'recent elections' as a catalyst
It wasn't just fact-checking that Meta scrapped from its platforms as it prepares for the second Trump administration. The ...