• @cm0002OP
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    642 months ago

    were escalated to Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg (referred to as “MZ” in the memo handed over during discovery) and that Meta’s AI team was “approved to use” the pirated material.

    Looks like ol Zucky got caught red handed lmao

    • @[email protected]
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      282 months ago

      I used to work in the valley. As a general rule, the higher up in the org the person is, the more relaxed they are about a little lawbreaking.

    • @JoeKrogan
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      272 months ago

      Its fine when they do it and we get fined when we do it

      • @brucethemoose
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        42 months ago

        Off topic, but I am jealous of that handle.

        • @JoeKrogan
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          22 months ago

          Haha thanks, I was playing mass effect Andromeda at the time I though of it.

    • @halcyoncmdr
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      42 months ago

      Not sure why it matters where the material came from at this point. Haven’t courts already said LLM learning didn’t constitute a violation of copyright? That conversation stopped very abruptly just a bit after ChatGPT became available to everyone.

  • @brucethemoose
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    2 months ago

    The “piracy database” in question is: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Library_Genesis

    Screw scholarly journals and giant publishers for squeezing cash out of already-thin academics while being shitty gatekeepers, letting complete trash through while blocking others (among other things). They’re greedy, stagnant, exploitive middlemen.

    Doesn’t make what Zuck\Facebook did OK, but I have zero sympathy for the monopolistic “victims” here, especially since it’s going to open weight models one can use for free.