Publishers and author Scott Turow sue Meta over Llama AI

Five publishing houses and author Scott Turow are suing Meta and CEO Mark Zuckerberg for copyright infringement. They claim Meta used copyrighted material for its AI language system, Llama, without permission. The lawsuit was filed Tuesday in federal court in Manhattan. The plaintiffs allege that Meta reproduced and distributed millions of copyrighted works without compensation and with Zuckerberg's personal authorization. Authors published by the suing companies include James Patterson and Donna Tartt. Meta stated Monday it would fight the lawsuit aggressively, arguing AI training on copyrighted material can qualify as fair use. Numerous authors have pursued legal action against AI developers in recent years.

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RE: https://mastodon.social/@topstories/116503032606995202

Zuckerberg is hoping that public outcry from social media addicted users in New Mexico will sway the opinion of their attorney general, who is doing the Right Thing by standing up for people's rights.

Activists in New Mexico should get to work, drawing people in to the #freedom of the Fediverse.

Set up an opt-in registry for FB users, which will reconnect them with their FB friends, after their migration to Mastodon.

Reunion in a place where there is no darkness!

#NewMexico #Fediverse #Mastodon
#SocialMedia #FuckZuck

@cigitalgem @GossiTheDog

I'll pass, I prefer human women and preferably gingers. Zuck is not a human, might be male, and has sorta yellow hair. I'll leave you to #fuckzuck

Meta is cutting another 8000 jobs, but not before they surveil their employees and use their behaviors for #AI training.

β€œThe company told employees in a memo on Thursday that it planned to cut 10% of its workforce - roughly 8,000 staff. It said it would also not fill thousands more open jobs it had been hiring for.”

β€œThe company just this week informed employees that it would begin tracking and logging their interactions with work computers in order to help train and improve its AI models, a move one employee called "dystopian" given the looming layoffs.”

#slop #layoffs #surveillance #FuckZuck

https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/crm1y89vek8o

Meta to cut one in 10 jobs after spending billions on AI

The cuts, which employees had been expecting for weeks, will be Meta's largest layoff since 2023.

Fuck Zuck!

Zuckerberg didn't create FaceBook. He stole code from the Winklevoss twins.

Zuckerberg sold out FaceBook user's data to Cambridge Analytica. Then appeared like a contrite schoolboy, before congress, saying, "Ooops! I didn't mean to accidentally cut Billion dollar deals to sell out FaceBook users, and influence the US elections in favor of Trump. Honest mistake! Won't do it again ( unless the money is right ).

All said and done, after the whole being caught red-handed and tried, and all the crocodile tears he cried, Zuckerberg still came out financially ahead on this corrupt deal.

Did his ethics change? Probably not. Meta is just more clever about being caught.

I have so many products from FaceBook, that were total scams. I ordered an electric lighter that was supposedly based on Tesla coil technology, and could charge from a USB port, and never needed any fuel. I got a cheap Chinese butane lighter. Zuckerberg's ethics didn't change.

#FuckZuck #Zuckerberg #FaceBook #Meta #Instagram #Insta #SocialMedia
#Fediverse #Mastodon #Freedom #Democracy #Equality
#EqualRights #Justice

Consumer Federation of America Sues Meta for Failing to Protect Users from Scam Advertisements

https://lemmy.world/post/45944637

Consumer Federation of America Sues Meta for Failing to Protect Users from Scam Advertisements - Lemmy.World

cross-posted from: https://lemmy.world/post/45944410 [https://lemmy.world/post/45944410] > What is a company like Meta to do when it notices that 10% of it’s income comes from advertising scams, illegal gambling & products? > ENCOURAGE IT & RAISE THE PRICES FOR THE CRIMINALS - OF COURSE! > > Sadly the good times eventually had to end: > The Consumer Federation of America is going after Meta for it now!

Meta Installing Software on Employee Computers to Track Everything They Do, Feed the Data to AI

https://lemmy.world/post/45926600

Meta Installing Software on Employee Computers to Track Everything They Do, Feed the Data to AI - Lemmy.World

cross-posted from: https://lemmy.world/post/45926481 [https://lemmy.world/post/45926481] > πŸ€– Honestly you can’t make this up: > > Human Robot #Zuckerberg is gonna put an #AI based smart keylogger on his employees computers. > > Nothing says we don’t trust you and don’t appreciate you like a regular screenshot of your work screen. > > No more NSFW! > Welcome to the future baby! > > Guess them employees are gonna get a taste of their own medicine for once. > > Seems like everything is going according to plan. > > Use the employees data to train MaiRK, > so Meta can finally become a synonym for MaiRK. > https://mastodon.social/@madeindex/116402482806274908 [https://mastodon.social/@madeindex/116402482806274908] > > Eventually we will only see his superintelligence controlling everything. > https://mastodon.social/@madeindex/115871208581092120 [https://mastodon.social/@madeindex/115871208581092120] > > Narcissism 2026 version πŸ˜‹ > > If you are thinking: Wouldn’t this make people quit? Meta is banking on it: > https://www.reuters.com/world/meta-targets-may-20-first-wave-layoffs-additional-cuts-later-2026-2026-04-17/ [https://www.reuters.com/world/meta-targets-may-20-first-wave-layoffs-additional-cuts-later-2026-2026-04-17/] >

#DankeAntifa und #FuckZuck

(nur mal so, ganz allgemein)

Meta creating AI version of Mark Zuckerberg so staff can talk to the boss

https://lemmy.world/post/45587741

Meta creating AI version of Mark Zuckerberg so staff can talk to the boss - Lemmy.World

cross-posted from: https://lemmy.world/post/45587578 [https://lemmy.world/post/45587578] > Does the world need more billionaires? Guess we will soon find out, as they multiplying now, and not even naturally!