Article 6W58V ‘No consent’: Australian authors ‘livid’ that Meta may have used their books to train AI

‘No consent’: Australian authors ‘livid’ that Meta may have used their books to train AI

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Josh Taylor
from Technology | The Guardian on (#6W58V)

A searchable database showed titles from former prime ministers Malcolm Turnbull and John Howard, as well as journalist Tracey Spicer

Australian authors say they are livid" and feel violated that their work was included in an allegedly pirated dataset of books Meta used to train its AI.

The parent company of Facebook and Instagram is being sued by authors in the United States, including Ta-Nehisi Coates and the comedian Sarah Silverman, for copyright infringement.

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