Authors Hold London Protest Against Meta For 'Stealing' Work To Train AI

Swedish authors accuse Meta of stealing their work to train AI model. - Radio Sweden

Meta has been using LibGen, one of the internet's largest pirated libraries, to train its generative AI system.Lyssna: Swedish authors accuse Meta of stealing their work to train AI model.53 Swedish authors are urging Culture Minister Parisa Liljestrand to take action against tech company Meta for the possible use of copyrighted works to train the company's AI model.Parisa Liljestrand has called Meta's actions "unacceptable". Meta has told newsp…

Jack Strange, a UK writer, is protesting against Meta. Strange got a contract with a publishing house after self-publishing. His self-published books ended up on a piracy site. Be careful what your big dream is, because you might fulfill it too late. This is the story of Jack Strange, a writer who managed after many attempts to get an offer to publish a book from a publisher. Until the short story "Look Up, Handsome", Strange published books on …

Authors Hold London Protest Against Meta For 'Stealing' Work To Train AI

Around 100 authors on Thursday protested outside the London headquarters of Meta, accusing the US tech giant of "stealing" content to train its Artificial Intelligence models.

London: About 100 British authors demonstrated on Thursday outside the headquarters of the giant American company “Meta” in London, accusing the group of “stealing” their works to train its artificial intelligence models. Demonstrators shouted: “Dead, dead, book thief!” , raising banners denouncing the president of the American company, Mark Zuckerberg. These authors are particularly concerned about the supposed use of “Meta” for the “LibGen” el…

The revelation that Meta has used the pirate library Libgen to train its new AI model has sparked outrage among authors around the world. In Sweden, over fifty children's and young adult authors are demanding that the Minister of Culture intervene.

Yesterday, a hundred authors gathered in front of the London headquarters of Meta to denounce the unauthorized exploitation of the...