{"id":18237,"date":"2025-03-25T09:37:22","date_gmt":"2025-03-25T08:37:22","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/2025\/03\/25\/no-consent-australian-authors-livid-that-meta-may-have-used-their-books-to-train-ai\/"},"modified":"2025-03-25T09:37:22","modified_gmt":"2025-03-25T08:37:22","slug":"no-consent-australian-authors-livid-that-meta-may-have-used-their-books-to-train-ai","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/2025\/03\/25\/no-consent-australian-authors-livid-that-meta-may-have-used-their-books-to-train-ai\/","title":{"rendered":"\u2018No consent\u2019: Australian authors \u2018livid\u2019 that Meta may have used their books to train AI"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>A searchable database showed titles from former prime ministers Malcolm Turnbull and John Howard, as well as journalist Tracey Spicer<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/australia-news\/live\/2025\/mar\/25\/australia-politics-live-budget-cost-of-living-relief-debt-jim-chalmers-election-peter-dutton-anthony-albanese-ntwnfb\">Follow our Australia news live blog for latest updates<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Get our <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/email-newsletters?CMP=cvau_sfl\">breaking news email<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/app.adjust.com\/w4u7jx3\">free app<\/a> or <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/australia-news\/series\/full-story?CMP=cvau_sfl\">daily news podcast<\/a>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Australian authors say they are \u201clivid\u201d and feel violated that their work was included in an allegedly pirated dataset of books Meta used to train its AI.<\/p>\n<p>The parent company of Facebook and Instagram is being sued by authors in the United States, including Ta-Nehisi Coates and the comedian Sarah Silverman, for copyright infringement.<\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/email-newsletters?CMP=copyembed\">Sign up for Guardian Australia\u2019s breaking news email<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/technology\/2025\/mar\/25\/no-consent-australian-authors-livid-that-meta-may-have-used-their-books-to-train-ai-ntwnfb\">Continue reading&#8230;<\/a><br \/>\n<img src=\"https:\/\/i.guim.co.uk\/img\/media\/9926fa018bb1f5c2c34211845ce58bf58800cfa9\/0_123_1001_600\/master\/1001.jpg?width=140&amp;quality=85&amp;auto=format&amp;fit=max&amp;s=f64efd1b327f3404f4392baa39057490\" title=\"\u2018No consent\u2019: Australian authors \u2018livid\u2019 that Meta may have used their books to train AI\" \/>A searchable database showed titles from former prime ministers Malcolm Turnbull and John Howard, as well as journalist Tracey Spicer<\/p>\n<p>Follow our Australia news live blog for latest updates<br \/>\nGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcast<\/p>\n<p>Australian authors say they are \u201clivid\u201d and feel violated that their work was included in an allegedly pirated dataset of books Meta used to train its AI.<br \/>\nThe parent company of Facebook and Instagram is being sued by authors in the United States, including Ta-Nehisi Coates and the comedian Sarah Silverman, for copyright infringement.<br \/>\nSign up for Guardian Australia\u2019s breaking news email Continue reading&#8230;Technology | The Guardian<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A searchable database showed titles from former prime ministers Malcolm Turnbull and John Howard, as well as journalist Tracey Spicer Follow our Australia news live blog for latest updates Get our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcast Australian authors say they are \u201clivid\u201d and feel violated that their work was included in &hellip;<\/p>\n<p class=\"read-more\"> <a class=\"\" 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