Big Tech critics are warning that a soon-to-be-unveiled AI Action Plan could end up benefiting figures like Mark Zuckerberg. Zuckerberg long fought against Trump and the MAGA movement on issues ranging from social media bias and antitrust to immigration, before trying to smooth things over with a $1 million donation to Trump’s second inauguration earlier this year.
At issue is the regulatory environment that will ultimately surround Zuckerberg’s “Llama” AI tool. Thanks to revelations made in the course of a big lawsuit over Llama’s alleged infringement on the copyrights of book authors, it is now publicly-verifiable that the Zuckerberg tool has been training on—i.e., using and not paying royalties for the privilege of trawling—Trump’s very own mega-best-seller, The Art of the Deal.
Also being used in Llama’s training: First Daughter Ivanka Trump’s Women Who Work and Donald Trump Jr.’s book Triggered: How the Left Thrives on Hate and Wants to Silence Us.
And all of these books are being “learned from” in both their English and foreign language versions.
Llama personnel believe this is fine, and are claiming it’s all “fair use.” But copyright experts say that’s a legally dubious claim, at best, because Llama is a for-profit venture.
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