Federal judge sides with Meta in lawsuit over training AI models on copyrighted books | TechCrunch

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  • A federal judge sided with Meta on Wednesday in a lawsuit brought against the company by 13 book authors
  • Judge Vince Chhabria issued a summary judgment — meaning the judge was able to decide on the case without sending it to a jury
  • He found that Meta’s training of AI models on copyrighted books in this case fell under the “fair use” doctrine of copyright law and thus was legal
A federal judge sided with Meta on Wednesday in a lawsuit brought against the company by 13 book authors, including Sarah Silverman, that alleged the company had illegally trained its AI models on th [+2585 chars]

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