Downloading While “Corporate”: How Meta Torrented a Navy of Books and Lived to Tell, While Aaron Swartz Faced the Digital Gallows

An image of Aaron Swartz who was sent to prison for downloading books he had legal access to.

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