Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg gave Meta's Llama team approval to train on copyrighted documents, according to a new court filing.

Meta Platforms trained its AI models using pirated versions of copyrighted books, with the approval of its CEO Mark Zuckerberg. According to newly disclosed court papers, a group of authors is alleging that the social media giant knew they were using pirated work to train their AI systems.

A group of authors, including Ta-Nehisi Coates and Sarah Silverman, alleged in a court filing that Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg approved "Meta's torrenting and processing of pirated copyrighted works" to train the company's AI models.