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Meta Platforms Inc. is currently facing a lawsuit from adult film companies Strike 3 Holdings and Counterlife Media, accusing the tech giant of illegally downloading thousands of pornography videos to train its AI models. The lawsuit alleges that these downloads were used to train Meta’s AI video generator, Movie Gen, and other models like LLaMA. Meta has filed a motion to dismiss the lawsuit, arguing that the claims are baseless and that the downloaded content was for ‘personal use’ by employees, not for AI training. Meta emphasized that the number of downloads, approximately 22 per year, does not constitute the massive data collection typically required for AI training. The company further stated that its terms prohibit generating adult content, contradicting the premise that such materials would be used for AI training. Meta has faced similar copyright lawsuits in the past but maintains that there is no evidence to support the current claims.