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by randomNumber7 64 days ago
It's even more absurd now when the big AI companies train their LLMs on torrented books.
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Don't you know that it's okay to steal IP (and skirt laws in general) when you're a big company with lots of money?
One torrent is a crime, breaking all the laws by downloading terabytes of books and processing them is a trillion dollar business.
The torrenting was the only thing they were found to have done wrong, which makes sense.