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Society of Authors Protests Meta Over Alleged AI Training with Pirated Books

April 6, 2025 by Mintu

The Society of Authors (SoA), the UK’s leading trade union for writers, is staging a protest at Meta’s London headquarters following allegations that the company used millions of pirated books to train its Llama 3 artificial intelligence (AI) model. This protest, taking place at King’s Cross, London, is being led by notable authors such as Kate Mosse, Tracy Chevalier, and Daljit Nagra, alongside other SoA members. The allegations stem from recent US court documents, which claim that Meta sourced training data from Library Genesis (LibGen), a well-known online repository of pirated books and academic papers. This unauthorized usage of copyrighted … Read more

Elon Musk’s xAI Runs Out of Human-Made Data, Turns to Synthetic Data

January 11, 2025 by Mintu

The artificial intelligence (AI) industry has reached an unexpected and pivotal milestone in 2024, as Elon Musk revealed that his AI company, xAI, has run out of all human-generated data available on the internet. This revelation raises critical questions about the future of AI development and what comes next in the evolution of training and refining AI models. Musk’s statement signals a major shift in the AI landscape, pushing companies to explore synthetic data—material created by AI itself—as an alternative source for training models. This marks a dramatic departure from traditional methods that have relied heavily on human-generated data gathered … Read more