Meta wins big in San Francisco copyright fight over AI training data.
A federal judge ruled Wednesday that Meta Platforms did not break copyright laws by using authors’ books without explicit permission to train its AI systems.
The authors argued their works were copied without consent. The court disagreed, siding with Meta. 
The ruling clears a major hurdle for big tech’s use of copyrighted content in AI development.
This fight sparked heavy debate about fair use and AI training methods across the industry.
Authors had claimed that Meta’s data scraping constituted infringement, but the judge found the practice legally protected.
No word yet from Meta or the authors on next steps.
