The authors taking on Mark Zuckerberg – podcast

Why do authors see Meta’s AI model as a threat to their livelihoods? Ella Creamer reportsEarlier this month, a group of protesters gathered outside the London headquarters of Meta, the parent company of Facebook, Instagram and WhatsApp. They were demonstrating over the company’s use of millions of pirated books and research papers to feed their family of generative AI models, known as Llama.AJ West is a bestselling author of historical fiction and an organiser of the protest. He tells Helen Pidd that he was devastated to discover his books may have been used in this way, and he warns that if the UK government does not step in to protect writers’ copyright, the arts will become even more of a privilege of the rich. Continue reading... Continue reading at 'The Guardian'

[ The Guardian | 2025-04-21 02:00:24 UTC ]

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