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Tanuki

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Thu Apr 17, 2025, 09:12 PM Thursday

Irish wolfhounds join Irish writers to protest Meta AI

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https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c7vn1v02lq6o.amp

"Irish wolfhounds have joined a protest by writers, who are protesting about what they describe as "any piracy" of their works being used by Meta's AI model.

The protest at the Dáil and Government buildings in Dublin was led by the Irish Writers Union (IWU).

The union, which is coordinating a campaign with Irish publishers, screenwriters, and poets, is demanding that Meta "complies with Irish and EU copyright laws in the training of its AI model".

Members say the protest follows "the revelations arising from a court case in the US, that Meta used millions of copyright-protected works in order to train its AI model, Llama 3"....(more)
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Irish wolfhounds join Irish writers to protest Meta AI (Original Post) Tanuki Thursday OP
Kick Demovictory9 Thursday #1
I think the little one in the middle is an Irish terrier! Tanuki Thursday #2
So do I! canetoad Yesterday #3
Definitely, cute dogs 😁 Meowmee Yesterday #4
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