Authorsguild: Pirate Sites Are Illegal Sources of Books for AI Training

April 03, 2025

I found yesterday an outraged report on the blog of the #1 New York Times Bestselling Author Ilona Andrews:

They write:

"Meta, the company behind Facebook, Instagram, etc., has developed its own AI, Llama 3. For this AI to be competitive with Chat GPT, they needed a massive amount of fiction. They could’ve licensed it – they have the money. Instead they chose to pirate it. They scraped a massive database of pirated books. Our books are in there. Everyone’s books are in there."

More information on the ILONA ANDREWS website: AI and LibGen

More details about the case on authorsguild.org: Meta’s Massive AI Training Book Heist: What Authors Need to Know

Image: Authors Guild, 2025