Three French trade groups are launching legal action against Meta over the company's widespread use of copyrighted works to train its generative AI model - all without authorization. French publishers and authors have stated that they're taking Meta to court, accusing the social media company of using their works without permission to train its artificial intelligence model. Three trade groups said on Wednesday they were launching legal action against Meta in a Paris court over what they said was the company's “massive use of copyrighted works without authorization” to train its generative AI model.
Meta has rolled out generative-AI powered chatbot assistants to users of its Facebook, Instagram and WhatsApp platforms, and the National Publishing Union, which represents book publishers, has noted that "numerous works" from its members are turning up in Meta's data pool. Vincent Montagne, the president of the National Publishing Union, accused Meta of “noncompliance with copyright and parasitism.” Another group, the National Union of Authors and Composers, which represents 700 writers, playwrights and composers, said the lawsuit was necessary to protect members from “AI which to train itself.
" The union is also worried about AI that “produces 'fake books' which compete with real books,” said Francois Peyrony, the union's president. The third group involved in the lawsuit, the Société des Gens de Lettres, represents authors. They all demand the “complete remo.
