Judge Dismisses ‘Nonsensical’ Copyright Claims For Meta’s Use Of Books To Train AI

(November 21, 2023, 12:30 PM EST) -- SAN FRANCISCO — A California federal judge on Nov. 20 granted a motion to dismiss the bulk of claims brought by authors in two related putative class actions against Meta Platforms Inc. for copyright infringement based on its use of their written works to train its artificial intelligence software, calling the plaintiffs’ “derivative works” argument “nonsensical.”...