Meta has pushed back against allegations that it illegally used pornographic material to train its AI models, claiming instead that the adult content may have been downloaded by a few of its employees for ‘personal use’.

In a legal filing, Meta asked a US district court to dismiss a copyright infringement lawsuit filed against the social media giant by Striker 3 Holdings, a company that says it makes high quality, ethical adult videos. The lawsuit accused Meta of using Striker 3’s copyrighted-protected porn videos to train an unannounced AI model that powers its video generator Movie Gen.

Denying these allegations, the Facebook parent said that there was no evidence that it directed employees to illegally torrent about 2,400 adult movies owned by Strike 3 for the purpose of AI training

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