French Publishers and Authors Sue Meta for Copyright Infringement in AI Training

French organizations representing publishers and authors have initiated legal action against Meta for utilizing copyrighted books to train AI applications without authorization. The groups, such as SNE, SGDL, and SNAC, have accused Meta of economic "parasitism" and the unauthorized use of protected content. Meta has admitted to utilizing the Books3 database, housing around 200,000 books, to train its Llama language model. The case is being characterized as a "David versus Goliath battle," underscoring the challenge of facing a tech giant.