Meta Hit With New AI Copyright Class Action From Book Publishers

Meta Platforms faces a new proposed class action from several major book publishers and authors who say its Lama generative AI was trained through “one of the most massive infringements of copyrighted materials in history.”

Companies including Elsevier Inc., Cengage Learning Inc., and Hachette Book Group Inc. filed the latest in content owner suits over AI training in the US District Court for the Southern District of New York. It alleges Meta made unauthorized copies through torrenting, web-scraping, and training, while also illegally removing copyright information from the works.

Other plaintiffs include MacMillan Publishing Group LLC, McGraw Hill LLC, Scribe ...