French publishers and authors file lawsuit against Meta

French publishers and authors file lawsuit against Meta in AI case
France's leading publishing and authors' associations have filed a lawsuit against U.S. tech giant Meta for allegedly using copyright-protected content on a massive scale without authorisation to train its artificial intelligence (AI) systems.
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Meta faces legal challenges from French publishers over alleged AI training copyright violations, alongside accusations of compromising user data security.
French publishers and authors sue Meta over copyright works used in AI training
French publishers and authors are taking Meta to court, accusing the social media company of using their works without permission to train its artificial intelligence model.
New group of authors sue Meta over use of their work in AI training
He also accused the company of “noncompliance with copyright and parasitism.” A different group, the 700-strong National Union of Authors and Composers, wrote that the suit was necessary to protect its members from “AI which plunders their works and cultural heritage to train itself.
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