Mark Zuckerberg ‘personally authorized’ Meta’s copyright infringement, publishers allege
Summary
AP reports that five publishing houses and author Scott Turow filed a class-action lawsuit against Meta and CEO Mark Zuckerberg, alleging Meta used millions of copyrighted works to train its Llama AI without permission or compensation and that Zuckerberg personally authorized the infringement. The piece frames this as a significant new front in AI copyright debates, naming publishers and authors affected and noting related settlements in the AI-rights space.