Downloading While “Corporate”: How Meta Torrented a Navy of Books and Lived to Tell, While Aaron Swartz Faced the Digital Gallows
In a world where tech giants regularly vacuum up the collective knowledge of humanity for their AI ambitions, we’ve learned that Meta has allegedly downloaded 81.7 terabytes of pirated books – roughly 7.5 million titles – to train its artificial intelligence systems. Meanwhile, a decade ago, internet activist Aaron Swartz faced federal charges carrying 35 … Read more