French publishers and authors file lawsuit against Meta

French publishers and authors file lawsuit against Meta in AI case
France's leading publishing and authors' associations have filed a lawsuit against U.S. tech giant Meta for allegedly using copyright-protected content on a massive scale without authorisation to train its artificial intelligence (AI) systems.
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He also accused the company of “noncompliance with copyright and parasitism.” A different group, the 700-strong National Union of Authors and Composers, wrote that the suit was necessary to protect its members from “AI which plunders their works and cultural heritage to train itself.
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