Publishers File Class-Action Lawsuit Against Meta Over AI Training with Pirated Books (heise.de)

• Class-action lawsuit against Meta over AI training with pirated books
• Works from shadow libraries allegedly used without authorization
• Latest in a string of US lawsuits against tech companies over AI training data

"In the US, publishers have filed a new class-action lawsuit against Meta, alleging the company trained its AI models on copyrighted works from shadow libraries without paying licensing fees. This is part of an ongoing series of legal disputes over the use of pirated materials for AI training."