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Ex-Meta Researcher Torrented Pirated Books, Then Deleted Dataset Citing Litigation
Original: Ex-Meta Researcher Torrented Pirated Books, Deleted It 'Due to Litigation'
A former Meta researcher reportedly downloaded a dataset of pirated books via torrent and later deleted it, citing 'all this litigation' surrounding AI training data. The revelation adds to ongoing legal disputes in which authors accuse Meta of using copyrighted books without permission to train its AI models. Commenters are debating the ethics and legality of building AI datasets from pirated material, and what the deletion suggests about the company's awareness of its legal exposure.
Why now: It feeds into the high-profile lawsuits over Meta's use of copyrighted books for AI training.
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- Ex-Meta Researcher Torrented Pirated Books, Deleted It 'Due to Litigation' · WesleyGrant782 · 99
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