Meta accused of training its AI using pirated content from torrents [Video]

A new day, a new controversy around artificial intelligence. This time, Meta has been accused of using pirated content from torrents to train its large language model (LLM) Llama, which powers Meta AI. The case was one of the first copyright lawsuits filed against a tech company for training AI.

As reported by Wired, Meta was hit with a lawsuit in 2023 for allegedly training Llama, the company’s LLM, with pirated content. The case became known as “Kadrey et al. v. Meta Platforms” and was filed by novelists Richard Kadrey and Christopher Golden, who claimed that Meta used copyrighted content without authorization.

Until now, Meta had handed over documents with redacted information to the court, but Judge Vince Chhabria of the United States District Court for the Northern District of California ordered that the original documents should be made public – and that’s what happened.

The documents reveal conversations between Meta employees about …