Meta Faces $359M Lawsuit Over Alleged Illegal Downloading of 2,400 Adult Videos for AI Training
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Summary
Two adult entertainment companies, Strike 3 Holdings and Counterlife Media, have filed a $359 million lawsuit against Meta alleging the company illegally downloaded and seeded torrents of nearly 2,400 pornographic videos to train its AI systems. Meta claims the content was for personal use rather than for AI training, creating a legal dispute about copyright infringement in the context of AI development.
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· 4 pulledTwo adult entertainment companies say Meta's appetite for information has gotten a little kinky.
Strike 3 Holdings and Counterlife Media have filed a $359 million lawsuit alleging that Meta illegally downloaded and seeded torrents of nearly 2,400 porn videos to train its artificial intelligence systems.
Meta, naturally, argues that no! No! That porn was, uh...it was for personal use! Yeah, it was for...me, and not for large-scale copyright infringement!
Only in the world of AI algorithm training can you claim that you were torrenting 2,400 porn videos for personal use and have that seem like...
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