Meta pirated at least 101 of my books and articles, and tens of millions of others
We recorded 2 claims from this post. 2 were checked against evidence. 4 more are held. Read the post at its source.
Claims from this post (2)
In the order they appear in the post. Each quotation is the speaker’s words in this post. A label such as “Supported” or “Can’t be checked” is the claim’s current assessment; its page has the evidence and the reasons.
Assessment: SupportedSaid
Observation
“Many other authors are discovering the same thing; social media is full of reports like mine.”
Our reading: Many other authors are discovering that Meta used their works from the pirated database.
No horizon Evidence as of
Limitation: The evidence establishes widespread reports qualitatively, not a measured share of social media.
Assessment: SupportedSaid
Observation
“He worked hard on every one of those books and articles and does not appreciate them being used without permission by AI systems with an established tendency towards regurgitation.”
Our reading: AI systems such as Meta's have an established tendency to regurgitate their training data.
No horizon Evidence as of
Limitation: The studies do not establish how often reproduction occurs in representative everyday conversations or whether Marcus's particular works were reproduced [e1, e2].
Held from this post (4)
These records did not pass every check, so nothing about them is published. Held is not a finding.
- The two reviews read the claim differently
- The criteria are ambiguous. Our reading, not assessed: It appears Meta knew it was using pirated material and chose to proceed anyway.
- The criteria are ambiguous. Our reading, not assessed: Meta used the Libgen database, apparently knowing it contained pirated material, to train Llama 3.
- The criteria are ambiguous. Our reading, not assessed: It appears Mark Zuckerberg personally approved Meta's use of pirated books and articles for AI training.