Meta is dealing with an AI copyright lawsuit in France that’s been introduced by authors and publishers who’re accusing it of financial “parasitism,” Reuters studies.
The French litigation was filed in a Paris court docket this week by the Nationwide Publishing Union (SNE), the Nationwide Union of Authors and Composers (SNAC), and the Society of Folks of Letters (SGDL), that are accusing Meta of unlawfully coaching its AI fashions on their protected content material.
The case is regarded as the primary such motion towards an AI large within the nation. Meta is dealing with related litigation in the U.S. in relation to the alleged use of unlicensed protected materials to coach its massive language fashions, similar to Llama.
Reporting on feedback made by the publishing associations at a press convention on Wednesday, Reuters quotes Maia Bensimon, the final delegate of SNAC, who alleged Meta is responsible of “monumental looting.” The SNE’s director basic, Renaud Lefebvre, additionally dubbed the authorized struggle that the publishers are embarking on as a “David versus Goliath battle.”
Meta has been contacted for remark.
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