Meta and Zuckerberg Sued by Publishers and Scott Turow Over Alleged Copyright Infringement in AI Training
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Todd Spangler
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Summary
Meta and CEO Mark Zuckerberg have been sued by five book publishers and author Scott Turow for allegedly illegally copying millions of copyrighted books and journal articles from pirate sites to train Meta's AI systems. The lawsuit accuses Meta of following its "move fast and break things" motto by torrenting copyrighted works without permission to build generative AI models, adding to the growing legal challenges around AI training data and copyright infringement.
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They first illegally torrented millions of copyrighted books and journal articles from notorious pirate sites
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