{"id":163394,"date":"2025-03-29T16:59:43","date_gmt":"2025-03-29T16:59:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/peraltafinancing.com\/business\/marketing\/meta-pirated-53-of-my-books-and-stories-to-train-their-ai\/"},"modified":"2025-03-29T16:59:43","modified_gmt":"2025-03-29T16:59:43","slug":"meta-pirated-53-of-my-books-and-stories-to-train-their-ai","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/fivemor.com\/?p=163394","title":{"rendered":"Meta Pirated 53 of My Books and Stories to Train Their AI"},"content":{"rendered":"


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\"PiratedA fabulous analysis in The Atlantic <\/em>by Alex Reisner<\/a> The Unbelievable Scale of AI\u2019s Pirated-Books Problem<\/a> shows how employees at Meta, all the way up to \u201cMZ\u201d (presumably Zuckerberg), chose to steal 7.5 million books and 81 million research papers to train its flagship AI model, Llama 3.<\/p>\n

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Based on recently released court documents, Reisner says Meta employees downloaded and used the Library Genesis (LibGen) database, one of the largest pirated libraries available online.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Within the database<\/a> are 53 of my own copyrighted works, including various editions of the books I\u2019ve written, some co-authored books, a book where I wrote a foreword, and one story published in a magazine.<\/p>\n

Move Fast and Steal Things<\/h2>\n

\"DMSI know it seems like I\u2019m beating up on Meta this month, writing last week Freedom of Speech? The Book Facebook Wants to Suppress<\/a>.<\/p>\n

However, it\u2019s a coincidence that the new book Careless People: A Cautionary Tale of Power, Greed, and Lost Idealism<\/em> by former Facebook executive Sarah Wynn-Williams and the Atlantic article by Alex Reisner were both published within the last few days.<\/p>\n

Reisner says Meta has argued in court \u201cthat it\u2019s \u201cfair use\u201d to train their generative-AI models on copyrighted work without a license, because LLMs \u201ctransform\u201d the original material into new work\u201d. However, Reisner shares details from court documents that \u201cMeta employees acknowledged in their internal communications that training Llama on LibGen presented a \u201cmedium-high legal risk,\u201d and discussed a variety of \u201cmitigations\u201d to mask their activity.\u201d<\/p>\n

It’s not like they can\u2019t afford to pay for data. Meta Platforms is one of the most valuable companies in the world. In 2024, annual revenue was USD $164 billion and net profit was USD $62 billion.\u00a0 <\/a><\/p>\n

AI is transforming the world<\/h2>\n

Yes, I am an enthusiastic and vocal supporter of the power of Artificial Intelligence to transform business and life.<\/p>\n

I use AI every day in my work (such as the AI generated image to illustrate this post).<\/p>\n

I\u2019ve written often about AI and delivered talks to thousands of people on the topic. I\u2019ve also invested in and advise AI companies. So yes, I am all in on AI.<\/p>\n

At the same time, for more than twenty years I\u2019ve pioneered the idea of using content as a form of marketing. I\u2019ve advocated putting content out there for free to educate and inform potential customers, the media, investors, and others. I\u2019ve published nearly 2,000 blog posts, have been a guest on hundreds of podcasts, and all of this is freely available. I\u2019ve got a bunch of videos of my talks available for anyone to watch. I\u2019ve published a bunch of free ebooks and hundreds of LinkedIn articles.<\/p>\n

I\u2019m totally cool with Generative AI tools training on all content that I put out there for free! Have at it.<\/p>\n

However, Meta chose to rip off my paid content without my permission (or my publishers\u2019 permission) and use it in ways I didn\u2019t authorize.<\/p>\n

Not cool, Zuck, not cool.<\/p>\n

Images<\/em>: Via ChatGPT from the prompt: To illustrate a blog post, I want an image of some hardcover books on a desktop or tabletop. Coming out of each book is a USB port with a cord that is connected to a computer. \u00a0Book database output via The Atlantic.<\/p>\n

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