Ep. 063 - Was Your Book Used To Train AI?

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Was your book used to train AI? 

Peter, Colleen, and CaZ talk about the recent news, originally from The Atlantic, which published a database of books Meta used to train their AI. This news came about from a lawsuit filed against Meta alleging they trained their AI using Library Genesis (LibGen) which is a collection of books, journals, articles, etc. which is normally paywalled but are available for free. 

We also talk about a great organization where we heard about this first, The Author's Guild. This is an organization which provides resources, news, and collective action for authors and writers. 

Check out all the links mentioned in the show below and be sure to follow The Author's Guild to stay up-to-date with news that affects authors.  

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Biz Buzz: Was Your Book Used to Train AI? (3:38)

Episode Links

Meta's Massive AI Training Book Heist: What Authors Need to Know - The Author's Guild

Search LibGen, the Pirated-Books Database That Meta Used to Train AI - The Atlantic 

Library Genesis - Wikipedia 

Ethics for Artificial Intelligence Books  - Five Books 

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