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Ex-Meta Researcher Deleted Pirated Books Dataset Citing Litigation

Original: Ex-Meta Researcher Torrented Pirated Books, Deleted It 'Due to Litigation'

A former Meta researcher says he torrented pirated books for research purposes but later deleted the dataset 'due to all this litigation'. The admission comes as lawsuits continue over whether tech companies improperly used copyrighted books to train AI models without permission from authors or publishers.

Why now: The admission feeds into ongoing, high-profile copyright lawsuits over AI training data, a topic of intense public interest.

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