A group of protesters gathered outside Meta, the parent company of Facebook, Instagram, and WhatsApp, over the use of pirated books and research papers to feed their generative AI models.
Authors in the US have filed lawsuits against Meta, claiming copyright infringement and potential threat to their livelihoods.
Meta has tried to justify their actions by claiming fair use and presenting the use of pirated content as a form of innovation.
Writer and campaigner Kate Mosse emphasizes the importance of protecting creative industries and insists that truly creative writing cannot be replaced by AI.