Australian authors express outrage over Meta's use of a pirated dataset, LibGen, to train its AI models without their consent. Notable authors including Ta-Nehisi Coates and Sarah Silverman are suing Meta for copyright infringement. In January court filings, CEO Mark Zuckerberg was implicated in approving the dataset despite warnings about its illegal nature. The Atlantic has created a database for authors to check if their work is included. Authors like Holden Sheppard, who found their books in the dataset, demand financial compensation and new legislation to protect their rights against AI misuse.
I am furious to learn my books have been again pirated and used without my consent to train a generative AI system which is not only unethical and illegal.
No consent has been obtained from any of the thousands of authors who have had our work taken, and not a single cent has been paid to any of us.
Given Meta is worth literally billions, they are absolutely in a financial position to compensate authors fairly.
We need AI-specific legislation introduced in Australia that requires generative AI developers to obtain consent from authors before using their work.
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