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Meta Sued by Hundreds of Authors in AI Training Copyright Cases

Meta Platforms Inc. was hit with hundreds of new AI-related copyright complaints Monday from authors, representing a considerable expansion of an already vast litigation landscape against top artificial intelligence firms.
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Meta Platforms Inc. was hit with hundreds of new AI-related copyright complaints Monday from authors, representing a considerable expansion of an already vast litigation landscape against top artificial intelligence firms.

Around 300 authors signed on to pursue individual claims over allegations the tech giant took copies of their books and used them to train its large language models without permission, according to their attorneys from the law firms Freedman Normand Friedland LLP and Stris & Maher LLP.

The new lawsuits in the San Francisco-based US District Court for the Northern District of California represent notable separation from the sweep of existing copyright cases against AI firms that have sought to use the class action mechanism where thousands of authors can be grouped into a single case and litigate as one unit.

The two law firms spearheading the new cases said they plan to file individual lawsuits against Meta on behalf of close to 1,000 additional authors in the coming months. The authors in the new lawsuits run the gamut from fiction novelists to journalists.

Meta didn’t immediately return a request for comment.
 
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Songs created by AI banned from Australia's music charts

The move comes weeks after a DJ admitted using AI to remix a Madonna song that topped the Australian charts.
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Songs that are largely or wholly created by AI have been banned from Australia's music charts.

From this week, all releases must be "substantially human made" to be eligible.

The Australian Recording Industry Association (ARIA) said the new code would help "promote the human nature of artistry".

It follows a controversy around a cover of Madonna's Like A Prayer by Australian DJ Josh Fawaz which recently topped the ARIA dance singles chart and peaked at number 2 on the country's overall chart.

The song has become a staple of commercial radio station playlists and been streamed more than 48 million times on Spotify alone.

Fawaz later added generative AI credits to the song after a backlash.

ARIA said that Australian artists were competing for attention "in the most crowded market in history" and that it was "not interested in promoting or celebrating the success of AI-generated music that does not contain human artistry".

Under the new rules, AI assistance can still be used, but humans must have written the song, and have performed the lead vocal and primary instruments.

AI can also still be used for mastering songs and, for example, using drum machines and auto tune.
 
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