Meta and OpenAI Accused of Using LibGen’s Pirated Books to Train AI Models

February 28, 2023

Court records allege that Meta employees discussed accessing pirated books, specifically LibGen's repository, for training their LLaMA 3 model due to cost and speed concerns associated with licensing. Internal communications suggest Meta had approval from Mark Zuckerberg to access the unauthorized dataset. Employees are said to have taken measures to conceal the dataset's origin. OpenAI has also been implicated in similar practices.

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Alleged deployer: openai, meta
Alleged developer: openai, meta
Alleged harmed parties: writers, publishers, journalists, authors, academic-researchers

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