Meta and OpenAI LibGen Book Piracy Controversy

Opublikowano: 2025-03-21

Meta and OpenAI Book Piracy Controversy: Podcast Summary The Unauthorized Data Acquisition Meta (Facebook's parent company) and OpenAI downloaded millions of pirated books from Library Genesis (LibGen) to train artificial intelligence modelsThe pirated collection contained approximately 7.5 million books and 81 million research papersMark Zuckerberg reportedly authorized the use of this unauthorized materialThe podcast host discovered all ten of his published books were included in the pirated databaseDeliberate Policy Violations Internal communications reveal Meta employees recognized legal risksStaff implemented measures to conceal their activities:Removing copyright noticesDeleting ISBN numbersDiscussing "medium-high legal risk" while proceedingOrganizational structure...