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Zuckerberg Appeared to Know Meta Trained AI on Pirated Library

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Records of internal conversations about Meta 's use of pirated AI training data have been unsealed.

Mark Zuckerberg approved Meta use of Library Genesis , a massive "shadow library" of free ebooks and PDFs.

Emails show employees discussing best methods for obtaining the data set, or downloading via peer-to-peer file sharing.

Meta, a Silicon Valley behemoth accused of flouting (or circumventing) copyright law, is hardly alone.

This class action could prove a bellwether for the many other suits in progress against AI companies.

But as long as tech firms are hungrily searching for more stuff for its bots, they will always be reliant on the original content creators: human beings.