“Meta chose to use it, apparently knowing that it contained pirated material, to train the LLM Llama 3.”
Our reading:
Meta used the Libgen database, apparently knowing it contained pirated material, to train Llama 3.
Assessment: Can’t be checked
What happened
Not graded on evidence
Outcome: Can’t be checked
An opinion, a recommendation, or too vague to test. Listed, not scored.
Evidence up to . Checked .
Why
Marcus asserts that Meta used LibGen but qualifies its knowledge with “apparently” [statement marcus-meta-pirated-at-least-101-of-my-books-c131ff-o1]. The resolution contract excludes this combined claim from factual scoring because of that hedge. It does not grade the use component separately [resolution contract v2].
Caveats
- No factual evidence review was conducted. This assessment establishes neither Meta's use of LibGen nor its knowledge of the material's status.
Evidence (0 items)
Claims like this aren’t scored, so there is no evidence to show.
How we judged it
- Kind of claim
- Observation
- Deadline
- None given. We don’t add one.
Conditions
- apparently (their words)
Where we had to interpret
- In context, “it” refers to LibGen.
- The sentence combines an assertion about use with a qualified inference about knowledge. The submitted claim includes both.
- The hedge “apparently” must remain attached to the knowledge component. Treating indications of awareness as a substitute test would change the speaker's commitment.
- Under the supplied rule excluding hedged assertions, this combined claim is not adjudicable. Its firm use component is not separately graded under this claim ID.
We don’t grade claims like this. We only check the quote and who said it.
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Full record
Source and dates
Marcus on AI, Meta pirated at least 101 of my books and articles, and tens of millions of others, paragraph 3.
- Said
- We read the source
- live page, full text, public
- Evidence up to
- Checked
We read this wording on 2026-10-28. The post may have been edited after 2025-03-20.
Where it was said (1)
Said once in the posts we read.
: Marcus on AI, Meta pirated at least 101 of my books and articles, and tens of millions of others
Meta chose to use it, apparently knowing that it contained pirated material, to train the LLM Llama 3.
- Where
- paragraph 3
- Published
- 2025-03-20
- We read it
- , live page
- Access
- full text, public
History
Versions
- Current: Can’t be checked. Evidence up to 2026-10-28.
What happened to this record
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Held backBy us
A reviewer said our test wasn’t fair to what was actually said.