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Meta Faces Lawsuit Over Alleged AI Copyright Theft

1/15/2025

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Meta is embroiled in a copyright lawsuit, accused of using pirated materials from Library Genesis to train its AI model, Llama. High-profile authors like Sarah Silverman and Ta-Nehisi Coates allege that CEO Mark Zuckerberg greenlit this controversial decision, igniting a fierce debate over the ethics of AI training and the protection of creative works.

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Meta is embroiled in a copyright lawsuit, accused of using pirated materials from Library Genesis to train its AI model, Llama. High-profile authors like Sarah Silverman and Ta-Nehisi Coates allege that CEO Mark Zuckerberg greenlit this controversial decision, igniting a fierce debate over the ethics of AI training and the protection of creative works.