Intellectual Property Archives

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

Viral Studio Ghibli-Style AI Images Raise Copyright and Ethical Concerns

April 2, 2025 by Mintu

In the fast-evolving landscape of artificial intelligence, OpenAI’s latest image-generation update has once again captured public attention. The release of GPT-4o, an advanced AI model with significant improvements in visual rendering and stylistic replication, has led to a viral trend on social media. Users have flooded platforms like X (formerly Twitter) and Instagram with AI-generated images replicating the beloved artistic style of Studio Ghibli, the iconic Japanese animation studio known for classics such as Spirited Away and Howl’s Moving Castle. The ability to mimic Studio Ghibli’s distinctive aesthetic has amazed many but also reignited debates on copyright infringement, artistic ethics, … Read more