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Meta Faces Lawsuit for Allegedly Using Pirated Books in AI

3/13/2025

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Meta is in hot water, facing a lawsuit for allegedly using over 81TB of pirated books to train its AI models, including LLaMA. Authors are demanding justice, claiming this blatant copyright infringement could reshape the landscape for AI companies and their use of protected content. The outcome could have far-reaching implications for the industry.

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Meta is in hot water, facing a lawsuit for allegedly using over 81TB of pirated books to train its AI models, including LLaMA. Authors are demanding justice, claiming this blatant copyright infringement could reshape the landscape for AI companies and their use of protected content. The outcome could have far-reaching implications for the industry.