Summary

Court records in an ongoing lawsuit reveal that Meta staff allegedly downloaded 81.7TB of pirated books from shadow libraries like Z-Library and LibGen to train its AI models.

Internal messages show employees raising ethical concerns, with one saying, “Torrenting from a corporate laptop doesn’t feel right.”

Meta reportedly took steps to hide the activity.

The case is part of a broader debate on AI data sourcing, with similar lawsuits against OpenAI and Nvidia.

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[–] 2 points 2 years ago (1 child)

Curious how you defend a Big Tech company, you imagine a "they" who manipulate people (straight from the right wing book, or maybe you have a clear answer to who "they" are?), and then claim it's the same thing that got Trump in power.

One could argue that what helped Trump a lot was Big Tech totally unchecked…

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  • [–] -1 points 2 years ago

    you defend a Big Tech company

    Why lie about me? Oh well, when Ayn Rand's ideology is being passed off as socialism then I might as well be.

    you have a clear answer to who “they” are?

    Could I be talking about those corporations demanding money? Those rich, famous and well-connected people demanded their capitalist rents? Who knows? Big mystery.

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