Books ยท Happened in AI https://happenedinai.com/tag/books/ Happened in AI helps you understand the important AI developments worldwide in under five minutes, then gives you the original evidence and context to go deeper. en Wed, 21 Oct 2026 23:06:17 GMT Judge orders Meta to name who approved downloading pirated-book libraries for AI training https://happenedinai.com/story/creative-meta-ordered-name-shadow-library-approvers/ https://happenedinai.com/story/creative-meta-ordered-name-shadow-library-approvers/ Wed, 21 Oct 2026 22:13:00 GMT News Creative Industries A federal magistrate judge in California has ordered Meta to identify everyone who decided to obtain shadow-library book datasets for its Llama models; it is a discovery order, and no court has found Meta liable for the downloads.