Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg gave Meta's Llama team approval to train on copyrighted documents, according to a new court filing.

Meta Platforms trained its AI models using pirated versions of copyrighted books, with the approval of its CEO Mark Zuckerberg. According to newly disclosed court papers, a group of authors is alleging that the social media giant knew they were using pirated work to train their AI systems.

A group of authors, including Ta-Nehisi Coates and Sarah Silverman, alleged in a court filing that Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg approved "Meta's torrenting and processing of pirated copyrighted works" to train the company's AI models.

A recent court filing in an ongoing lawsuit against Meta alleges Mark Zuckerberg approved the AI dataset despite internal warnings.

Authors Accuse Meta Of Using Pirated Books To Train Its AI Model After Getting Approval From Mark Zuckerberg: Report Authors noted that Mark Zuckerberg “approved Meta’s use of

Meta allegedly used copyrighted journals, books and other materials from the LibGen dataset to train its Llama AI models.

Free Loaders Newly unredacted court documents allege that Meta, formerly Facebook, knowingly used pirated books obtained from the online archive Library Genesis to train its AI models, Wired reports.

A group of authors, including Ta-Nehisi Coates and Sarah Silverman, have accused Facebook parent Meta Platforms of using pirated books to train its artific