Meta is facing an AI copyright lawsuit in France that's been brought by authors and publishers who are accusing it of economic "parasitism," Reuters

Judge Chhabria did dismiss one of the plaintiffs' claims, which cited the California Comprehensive Computer Data Access and Fraud Act (CDAFA), because the authors did not "allege that Meta accessed their computers or servers — only their data."

French publishers and authors are taking Meta to court, accusing the social media company of using their works without permission to train its artificial intelligence model

France's leading publishing and authors' associations have filed a lawsuit against U.S. tech giant Meta for allegedly using copyright-protected content on a massive scale without authorisation to train its artificial intelligence (AI) systems.