Meta Faces Legal Scrutiny Over Alleged Use of Pirated Books for AI Training

In an ongoing legal battle, bestselling authors have accused Meta Platforms of copyright infringement, claiming that the tech giant downloaded databases containing millions of pirated books. The allegations state that Meta used these datasets not only to train its large language models, known as Llama, but also to explore the possibility of developing the models without licensing agreements. This information emerged from a recently unredacted summary judgment motion filed by the authors, which aims to shed light on Meta’s alleged practices. For further details, read the full article on Law360.