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Meta Accused of Using Pirated Adult Films to Train AI Models

September 8, 2026
oecd:2026-09-08-e710View source ↗

What happened

Meta is facing a $446 million lawsuit from Strike 3 Holdings, alleging it illegally downloaded nearly 3,000 copyrighted adult films to train its visual generative AI models, including Movie Gen. A Meta executive is implicated in the unauthorized data acquisition, raising concerns over intellectual property violations in AI development.

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OECD AI Incidents Monitor
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Meta Accused of Using Pirated Adult Films to Train AI Models
2026-09-08