Publishers sue Meta over copyright in Llama AI training

TL;DR
Five major publishers and author Scott Turow filed a class-action suit against Meta and Mark Zuckerberg, accusing Meta of training its generative AI platform Llama on millions of pirated books and articles without authorization, threatening publishers’ and authors’ livelihoods; Meta says such AI training can be fair use and vowed to fight the case in SDNY.
- Publishers sue Meta, claiming it violated copyrights in training AI with their books The Washington Post
- Five Publishers and Scott Turow Sue Meta and Mark Zuckerberg The New York Times
- Scott Turow's latest real-life legal thriller: Suing Meta for copyright infringement NPR
- Mark Zuckerberg ‘Personally Authorized and Actively Encouraged’ Meta’s Massive Copyright Infringement to Train AI Systems, Publishers and Scott Turow Allege in Lawsuit Variety
- James Patterson, Biden publishers say Mark Zuckerberg 'personally authorized' copyright infringement Fortune
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