Meta has illegally used millions of books and scientific papers to train its AI models. We explain how to check if your work has been pirated, and what steps you can take if it has.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
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In January, court documents revealed that Meta used Library Genesis (LibGen)<\/a> \u2013 a well-known repository of pirated books and academic papers that originated in Russia \u2013 to train its generative AI language model. According to the court filing, Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg approved the company\u2019s use of LibGen, often referred to as a \u201cshadow library\u201d.<\/p>\n\n\n\n <\/p>\n\n\n\n The Atlantic has published a searchable database<\/a> (behind a paywalll) that allows you to check whether your intellectual work was illegally used to train Meta\u2019s AI model.<\/p>\n\n\n\n <\/p>\n\n\n\n What can you do if you find your scientific publication in the library Meta used to train its AI?<\/p>\n\n\n\n <\/p>\n\n\n\n Several organisations representing writers, translators, and illustrators<\/a>\u00a0\u2013\u00a0including\u00a0Sanasto, the Finnish literary copyright society<\/a>\u00a0\u2013\u00a0recommend the following actions:<\/p>\n\n\n\n <\/p>\n\n\n\n <\/p>\n\n\n\n Image: Adobe Stock. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Meta has illegally used millions of books and scientific papers to train its AI models. We explain how to check if your work has been pirated, and what steps you can take if it has.","protected":false},"featured_media":20716,"template":"","categories":[258],"class_list":["post-20715","news","type-news","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","categories-highlights"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\n\n
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