Meta Rejects Copyright Infringement Claims over AI Training Materials
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Meta has denied allegations of using copyrighted materials from best-selling books to train its AI model, Llama. In court, the tech giant requested the dismissal of these copyright violation claims made by various authors, deeming its use of material a "fair use." The firm argues that the plaintiff failed to provide specific details about the usage of their copyrighted content. This case is part of a larger trend of lawsuits against tech giants over alleged copyright infringements linked to AI development.
Meta has denied allegations that it used copyrighted materials from best-selling novels to teach its artificial intelligence model, dubbed 'Llama'. On September 18, in a San Francisco federal court, Meta urged the presiding judge to dismiss the copyright breach allegations brought against them by renowned writer Sarah Silverman, among other authors. The authors allege Meta used their books' content without permission to train its AI system, but Meta labels it as a "transformative" and "fair use" of resources. Drawing a parallel, Meta referred to a previous case where Google’s copying of books on a large scale to develop an online search tool was deemed fair use in the Authors Guild versus Google, Inc., 804 F.3d 202 (2d Cir. 2015) ruling. Meta suggested the broader question of copyright fair use needed further exploration but not in this case due to lack of evidence. The firm criticized the complainants for failing to provide clear descriptions or specific instances of their claimed property use. On September 19, the authors' legal representatives responded, voicing their confidence in the accusations and intent to continue pursuing the case. Earlier in August, OpenAI made a similar dismissal request regarding some of the claims. This July-initiated lawsuit is one of a growing number against major tech corporations, accusing them of copyright infringement with growing AI implementation. On September 5, an undisclosed duo of engineers filed a class-action lawsuit against OpenAI and Microsoft, accusing them of unauthorized private data use to teach their respective AI models. Google faced a similar lawsuit in July, following its privacy policy update, for alleged misuse of massive amounts of data, including copyrighted material, for AI model training.
Published At
9/20/2023 12:07:52 PM
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