Sarah Silverman's AI Copyright Infringement Lawsuit Against Meta Faces Setback

A federal judge has dismissed most of Sarah Silverman's lawsuit against Meta over the unauthorized use of authors' copyrighted books to train its generative artificial intelligence model. The judge denied the claim that Meta's AI system is an infringing derivative work and dismissed the argument that every output produced by Meta's AI tools constitutes copyright infringement. The ruling builds upon findings from another lawsuit against AI art generators, questioning whether artists can substantiate copyright infringement in the absence of identical material created by the AI tools. The decision could have implications for creators seeking compensation for the use of their material to train AI models.