French Authors and Publishers Challenge Meta's Use of Their Books for AI Training

French publisher and author organizations have initiated legal proceedings against Meta for utilizing copyrighted books to train AI applications without permission. The groups, such as SNE, SGDL, and SNAC, have accused Meta of economic parasitism and unauthorized use of protected content. Meta has admitted to using the Books3 database, comprised of approximately 200,000 books, to develop its Llama language model. The situation is characterized as a battle of "David versus Goliath," underscoring the challenge posed by a tech giant.