Facebook parent Meta says downloaded porn were for ‘personal use’ by employees, not AI training

Meta continues to be at the center of controversies with its AI ambitions. The Facebook parent has pushed back against a copyright infringement lawsuit, denying allegations that it illegally used pornographic material to train its generative AI models. In a recent legal filing, Meta suggested that any adult content downloaded via its corporate IP addresses was likely for the ‘personal use’ of individual employees and not for model training.

The lawsuit, which was filed by Striker 3 Holdings – a company that produces and owns copyrighted adult videos, accuses Meta of illegally torrenting approximately 2,400 of its protected videos since 2018 for the purpose of training an unannounced AI model, hinting at potentially its video generator, Movie Gen. The suit also alleges that Meta conceale