Meta has won a legal ruling in an AI copyright lawsuit brought by 13 authors who claimed the company used their work without permission.
Judge Vince Chhabria ruled in Meta's favor on the fair use defense, stating that Meta's use of the plaintiffs' books for training its AI models was not infringement.
The judge criticized the authors for weak arguments and failure to support their claims properly, emphasizing that Meta's actions were not deemed lawful, only that the plaintiffs did not present the right arguments.
The ruling highlighted that Meta's AI's ability to reproduce text snippets and train on authors' works did not significantly impact the market, unlike concerns raised about market dilution in a potentially winning argument.