Meta, the social media giant, has filed a motion to dismiss a lawsuit alleging that employees downloaded pornography from Strike 3 Holdings to train its artificial intelligence models. The company claims that employees used these downloads for "personal use" and not for AI training purposes.
According to Meta, the alleged downloads spanned over seven years, with only a few dozen titles linked to Meta IP addresses and employees. The company argues that it has no evidence that Meta directed any of the downloads or was even aware of the illegal activity.
Meta claims that its terms prohibit generating adult content, which contradicts the premise that such materials might be useful for AI training. Instead, the company believes that the flagged adult content was torrented for "private personal use" due to the small amount linked to Meta IP addresses and employees.
The lawsuit had sought damages of over $350 million, but Meta's motion to dismiss suggests that it may not have to pay out any money if the court rules in its favor. The company has accused Strike 3 of relying on "guesswork and innuendo" and has described the alleged AI training theory as "nonsensical and unsupported."
Meta is also slamming Strike 3's claim about a "stealth network" of hidden IPs, which it claims presents a conundrum that Strike 3 fails to address. The company argues that it would not use easily traceable Meta corporate IP addresses for many hundreds of other files.
The court has two weeks to review the motion and respond to Strike 3's complaint. For Meta, defeating the lawsuit is crucial in defending its commitment to ensuring its AI video tools don't generate explicit content.
According to Meta, the alleged downloads spanned over seven years, with only a few dozen titles linked to Meta IP addresses and employees. The company argues that it has no evidence that Meta directed any of the downloads or was even aware of the illegal activity.
Meta claims that its terms prohibit generating adult content, which contradicts the premise that such materials might be useful for AI training. Instead, the company believes that the flagged adult content was torrented for "private personal use" due to the small amount linked to Meta IP addresses and employees.
The lawsuit had sought damages of over $350 million, but Meta's motion to dismiss suggests that it may not have to pay out any money if the court rules in its favor. The company has accused Strike 3 of relying on "guesswork and innuendo" and has described the alleged AI training theory as "nonsensical and unsupported."
Meta is also slamming Strike 3's claim about a "stealth network" of hidden IPs, which it claims presents a conundrum that Strike 3 fails to address. The company argues that it would not use easily traceable Meta corporate IP addresses for many hundreds of other files.
The court has two weeks to review the motion and respond to Strike 3's complaint. For Meta, defeating the lawsuit is crucial in defending its commitment to ensuring its AI video tools don't generate explicit content.
I'm not saying I condone downloading porn or whatever, but if that's what it takes for Meta to train its AI, I guess it's a small price to pay. But seriously, this whole thing is just ridiculous. Like, who tries to pass off downloading porn as "personal use"? 
And Meta's got some solid points about Strike 3's lack of evidence too. It feels like they're just trying to make a quick buck off Meta's AI tech. The "stealth network" thing is a bit fishy too, but I guess it's all speculation at this point. Either way, I'm rooting for Meta on this one 
. It's like they're expecting us to believe that a bunch of employees just happened to download some random adult content on their own time and for their own "personal use" 
. And now they're trying to claim that it had nothing to do with AI training? Come on, Meta knows exactly what they got themselves into 
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. It's like they're trying to come up with some convoluted excuse just so they can win the lawsuit 
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. Either way, it's going to be a long and messy court battle 
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! I mean, come on, can you believe that some people would just download random adult content for "personal use" and then use it to train AI models? It's like, hello, that's not how AI works, folks! And Meta is right, it doesn't make sense.
. We need more companies like Meta that are committed to responsible AI development.
they're saying employees just used those torrents for "private personal use" lol what even is that? and $350 million on the line? that's some crazy money 
but are they serious? it feels like they're trying to distract from the real issue... which is probably just that meta was being careless with their employees' internet habits 
and btw if meta is gonna train its ai models with some random torrents then that's a pretty big problem for them because who knows what kinda content is being downloaded 
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. And what's with the "private personal use" nonsense? If you want to download adult content, that's your business, not Meta's.
. I mean, think about it - an entire seven years of employees secretly downloading adult content and using it to train their AI models? It's just mind-boggling 
. And now they're trying to claim that it was all just "personal use" and not connected to the company? Come on, Meta 
. And the fact that Strike 3 is claiming a "stealth network" of hidden IPs just adds to the confusion 
Either way, this lawsuit has definitely raised some eyebrows 
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