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Incident 14075 Report
Grammarly's AI Expert Review Allegedly Used Journalists' and Authors' Names Without Consent
2026-03-11
Grammarly's Expert Review feature allegedly used a large language model to generate editing suggestions presented under the names of journalists, authors, and academics without their consent. A federal class action filed by Julia Angwin claimed the feature misappropriated identities for commercial gain and attributed advice the named individuals never gave.
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Meta and OpenAI Accused of Using LibGen’s Pirated Books to Train AI Models
2023-02-28
Court records reveal that Meta employees allegedly discussed pirating books to train LLaMA 3, citing cost and speed concerns with licensing. Internal messages suggest Meta accessed LibGen, a repository of over 7.5 million pirated books, with apparent approval from Mark Zuckerberg. Employees allegedly took steps to obscure the dataset’s origins. OpenAI has also been implicated in using LibGen.
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Meta Allegedly Used Books3, a Dataset of 191,000 Pirated Books, to Train LLaMA AI
2020-10-25
Meta and Bloomberg allegedly used Books3, a dataset containing 191,000 pirated books, to train their AI models, including LLaMA and BloombergGPT, without author consent. Lawsuits from authors such as Sarah Silverman and Michael Chabon claim this constitutes copyright infringement. Books3 includes works from major publishers like Penguin Random House and HarperCollins. Meta argues its AI outputs are not "substantially similar" to the original books, but legal challenges continue.
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Amazon Rife with Many Allegedly AI-Generated Books of Suspect Quality
2023-06-28
Amazon’s Kindle Unlimited young adult romance bestseller list was flooded with allegedly AI-generated books that made little to no sense, disrupting the rankings. These books were reported to be "clearly there to click farm." Despite being removed from the bestseller list, many remained available for purchase. The incident raised concerns about the integrity of the platform, and the potential financial impact on legitimate authors.
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Incident 17503 Report
Zimbabwean Author's Prize-Winning Short Story Faced Investigation Over Disputed AI-Writing Allegations
2026-10-06
Zimbabwean writer Simbarashe Steyn Kundizeza's "The Blue Fighter" won the £10,000 Caine Prize for African Writing, which excludes AI-generated fiction. Allegations of largely AI-generated writing called the story's eligibility and the award's integrity into question. A journalist's inquiry citing the Pangram AI text detector's assessment prompted an investigation. Kundizeza denied using generative AI and remained listed as the winner.
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Nonfiction Book 'The Future of Truth' Reportedly Included AI-Generated and Misattributed Quotations
2026-05-12
Steven Rosenbaum's nonfiction book The Future of Truth reportedly included AI-generated or misattributed quotations after he used ChatGPT and Claude while working on the book. The New York Times reported that more than half a dozen quotations in reviewed sections were synthetic or wrongly attributed, including passages assigned to named writers and scholars. Rosenbaum later acknowledged the errors as accidental and said affected passages would be reviewed for correction.
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Canadian Novelist Reportedly Removed from French Prix Goncourt Longlist After Disputed AI-Writing Allegations
2026-09-25
The Académie Goncourt reportedly removed Canadian novelist Thélyson Orélien’s C'était ça ou mourir from the French literary prize's longlist, citing both newly surfaced plagiarism findings and analyses it said indicated the novel was likely largely AI-generated. Orélien denied using AI, while his publishers disputed or could not confirm the claim. The AI allegation originated after the Pangram detector reportedly flagged the novel as AI-generated.
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- Incident 14075 Reports
Grammarly's AI Expert Review Allegedly Used Journalists' and Authors' Names Without Consent
- Incident 9974 Reports
Meta and OpenAI Accused of Using LibGen’s Pirated Books to Train AI Models