Meta Is Being Sued for Pirating Millions of Books to Train Llama
A group of major publishers — including Elsevier, Cengage, Hachette, Macmillan and McGraw Hill — filed a proposed class-action lawsuit against Meta, alleging the company illegally used millions of copyrighted books and scientific articles to train its Llama AI models without permission. Meta says AI training is fair use. The courts will decide. This is one of the most consequential AI legal battles of 2026 — and it is just beginning. Published by gafam.ai — The European Eye on Big Tech & Artificial Intelligence.