Meta, AI and Zuckerberg

Inside Mark Zuckerberg’s Sprint to Remake Meta for the Trump Era
After visiting President-elect Donald J. Trump in November, Mr. Zuckerberg decided to relax Meta’s speech policies. He asked a small team to carry out his goals within weeks. The repercussions are just beginning.
Mark Zuckerberg named in lawsuit over Meta’s use of pirated books for AI training
Authors, including Ta-Nehisi Coates and Sarah Silverman, allege Meta's illegal use of copyrighted materials to build AI models.
Meta knew it used pirated books to train AI, authors say
Meta Platforms used pirated versions of copyrighted books to train its artificial intelligence systems with approval from its CEO Mark Zuckerberg, a group of authors alleged in newly disclosed court papers.
Facebook Apparently Trained Its AI by Torrenting Pirated Books Stolen From Authors
Free Loaders Newly unredacted court documents allege that Meta, formerly Facebook, knowingly used pirated books obtained from the online archive Library Genesis to train its AI models, Wired reports.
Court filing says Zuck knowingly okayed training Facebook's AI on pirated books
Sometimes, companies trying to homebrew their own uncreativity engines attempt to throw money at this problem, licensing books or articles as training data from authors and publishers. And sometimes they,
Mark Zuckerberg gave Meta’s Llama team the OK to train on copyrighted works, filing claims
Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg gave Meta's Llama team approval to train on copyrighted documents, according to a new court filing.
Lawsuit says Mark Zuckerberg approved Meta's use of pirated materials to train Llama AI
Meta allegedly used copyrighted journals, books and other materials from the LibGen dataset to train its Llama AI models.
Authors sue Meta alleging it used pirated books to train its AI systems
A group of authors, including Ta-Nehisi Coates and Sarah Silverman, have accused Facebook parent Meta Platforms of using pirated books to train its artific

Joe Rogan, Zuckerberg and Biden

Mark Zuckerberg Defends Meta's Fact-Checking Ban to Joe Rogan: Company Faced ‘Massive Institutional Pressure to Basically Start Censoring Content'
Meta chairman and CEO Mark Zuckerberg went on Joe Rogan’s podcast to defend his recent decision to end fact-checking on the ...
“Shameful”: Joe Biden Slams Meta & Mark Zuckerberg For Dropping Fact Checking In What Could Be Outgoing POTUS’ Last Press Conference
The outgoing POTUS took to the bully pulpit while the META CEO went on Joe Rogan today in very different takes on facts and ...
Mark Zuckerberg says corporate culture was ‘neutered’ as Meta scraps DEI
The move reverses a years-long approach to diversity, equity and inclusion policies the tech giant once embraced as critical ...
Zuckerberg says Biden officials would ‘scream,’ ‘curse’ at Meta team over COVID takedown requests
Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg on said Biden administration officials would “scream” and “curse” at his employees when they ...
Meta's right turn on red: Zuckerberg turns toward MAGA
All these moves indicate a rightward shift for Meta, as Zuckerberg joins the other leaders of Big Tech trying to curry favor ...
Mark Zuckerberg Goes Mask-Off and Ditches Diversity
Mark Zuckerberg is finally ready to be his true self. Surprise: he sucks.
Trump, Zuckerberg meet at Mar-a-Lago
Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg met with Donald Trump at Mar-a-Lago on Friday, a source familiar with their encounter confirmed to ...
Mark Zuckerberg says anyone who quits Meta over lack of fact-checking is ‘virtue signaling’
I'm counting on these changes actually making our platforms better," Zuckerberg wrote on Threads, the X-like social media ...
“Shameful”: Biden Slams Meta & Zuckerberg For Dropping Fact Checking In What Could Be Outgoing POTUS’ Last Press Conference
The outgoing POTUS took to the bully pulpit Friday while the CEO of META went on Joe Rogan today with very different takes on ...
Stephen Colbert Has A Brutal Community Note For Mark Zuckerberg's Meta Changes
The "Late Show" host said the tech billionaire is racing to "kiss" Donald Trump's "ass" with the company's changes ahead of ...