French Publishers, Authors Sue Meta for Copyright Violations

French publishers and authors said on Wednesday they're taking Meta to court, accusing the social media company of using their works without permission to train its artificial intelligence model.

- Associated Press

PARIS:

Three trade groups said they were launching legal action against Meta in a Paris court over what they said was the company's "massive use of copyrighted works without authorization" to train its generative AI model.

The National Publishing Union, which represents book publishers, has noted that "numerous works" from its members are turning up in Meta's data pool, the group's president, Vincent Montagne, said in a joint statement.

Meta didn't respond to a request for comment. The company has rolled out generative-AI powered chatbot assistants to users of its Facebook, Instagram and WhatsApp platforms.