AI Companies Face Backlash From Authors Over Use of Books Without Permission

Authors are upset and speaking out after discovering their books were used without permission to train AI models like Meta's Books3.

Media companies are trying to protect their content from being scraped and cannibalized by AI, through blocking crawlers, lobbying lawmakers, and considering legal action.

Book authors and groups like the Authors Guild have filed lawsuits against AI companies like OpenAI for copyright infringement from using their books without permission.

Big name fiction authors like George Saunders, David Baldacci, and Michael Chabon are participating in the lawsuits against AI companies.

Writers want to be fairly compensated for their work that AI models are training on, believing creative work has cultural value and supports democracy.