This Is How Meta AI Staffers Deemed More Than 7 Million Books to Have No “Economic Value”
- Posted on April 15, 2025
- By Vanity Fair
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This Is How Meta AI Staffers Deemed More Than 7 Million Books to Have No “Economic Value”

As more than a dozen lawsuits churn ahead, newly unsealed case files reveal the company’s stance: The pirated books Meta used to train its AI, including ones by Beverly Cleary, Jacqueline Woodson, and Andrew Sean Greer, are individually worthless.