French publishers and authors said Wednesday they’re taking Meta to court, accusing the social media company of using their works without permission to train its artificial intelligence model offered to users of the company’s Facebook, Instagram and WhatsApp platforms.

Three trade groups said they were launching legal action against Meta in a Paris court over what they said was the company’s “massive use of copyrighted works without authorization” to train its generative AI model.

Under the European Union’s sweeping Artificial Intelligence Act, generative AI systems must comply with the 27-nation bloc’s copyright law and be transparent about the material they used for training. — Associated Press