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Meta ordered to name employees who approved pirated books for Llama training

A judge has ordered Meta to disclose the individuals responsible for approving the use of pirated books from Library Genesis and Anna's Archive for training its Llama models. The court's order specifically seeks to identify who authorized the acquisition of these copyrighted materials and the subsequent seeding of torrents. AI

IMPACT This legal scrutiny could impact how AI companies source training data, potentially leading to stricter compliance measures.

RANK_REASON Legal action against a company regarding data sourcing for an AI model.

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Meta ordered to name employees who approved pirated books for Llama training

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  1. Mastodon — mastodon.social TIER_1 English(EN) · madrobotblog ·

    A judge is making Meta name who signed off on torrenting pirated books for Llama A judge has ordered Meta to name everyone who approved getting books from LibGe

    A judge is making Meta name who signed off on torrenting pirated books for Llama A judge has ordered Meta to name everyone who approved getting books from LibGen and Anna’s Archive for Llama, including who decided on seeding them. # Meta # Copyright # AI https:// madrobot.blog/20…