Use of Irish writers´ work for AI training has 'profound...
2025-04-17
Daily Mail Online
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The Irish Writers Union, joined by authors like Cónal Creedon, petitioned the government to enforce EU copyright law and halt Meta’s use of millions of books and papers to train its Llama AI without permission. They demand compensation, legal assurances and protections for authors’ intellectual property rights.[AI generated]
Why's our monitor labelling this an incident or hazard?
The article describes a situation where an AI system (Meta's Llama) has been trained on millions of books and research papers, including works by Irish authors, without their consent. This constitutes a violation of intellectual property rights, which is a breach of applicable law protecting such rights. The harm is realized as the authors' rights and livelihoods are directly impacted. Therefore, this qualifies as an AI Incident due to the direct involvement of an AI system in causing a violation of rights.[AI generated]