Hard to see Zucherberg's Meta improving it's already low image, or that of Generative AI, by this move. They just don't care, this is deliberate theft to help recoup the $$$Bn on building capability greater than any realistic revenue model.

Another good reason to turn off training permissions in any AI tool use with family history documents and source mages. But I still wouldn't trust Meta.

#AI #generativeAI #CopyrightTheft #LiteraryTheft #genealogy ##familyhistory

https://www.theguardian.com/books/2025/apr/03/meta-has-stolen-books-authors-to-protest-in-london-against-ai-trained-using-shadow-library

‘Meta has stolen books’: authors to protest in London against AI trained using ‘shadow library’

Writers will gather at the Facebook owner’s King’s Cross office in opposition to its use of the LibGen database to train its AI models

The Guardian