Recently, Alex Reisner of the Atlantic reported that a dataset of more than 183,000 books was used (without permission) for training generative AI systems by Bloomberg, Meta, and others. This dataset of pirated books is called Books3 and includes books by famous authors such as J.K. Rowling, Neil Gaiman, Amitav Ghosh, and more. Reisner has provided an easy-to-use search … [Read more...] about These 183,000 Books Are Intensifying the Fight Between Publishing & Tech