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Re:Meta's Llama 3.1 can recall 42 percent of the first Harry... by strangescript on Sunday June 15, 2025 @10:54PM (#44286296)
I read harry potter, and you ask me about a page, and I can recite it verbatim, did I just commit copyright infringement?
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Re:Meta's Llama 3.1 can recall 42 percent of the first Harry... by bitmasher9 on Sunday June 15, 2025 @11:19PM (#44286378)
I pay for a service. The service recites a novel to me. The service would need permission to do this or it is copyright infringement.
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Re:Meta's Llama 3.1 can recall 42 percent of the first Harry... by lucianbr on Sunday June 15, 2025 @11:20PM (#44286387)
Are you selling your ability to recite stuff? Then certainly.
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Re:Meta's Llama 3.1 can recall 42 percent of the first Harry... by strangescript on Sunday June 15, 2025 @11:34PM (#44286436)
there are plenty of open source LLMs trained on harry potter, is that fine?
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Re:Meta's Llama 3.1 can recall 42 percent of the first Harry... by davidcbc on Monday June 16, 2025 @12:20AM (#44286597)
No
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Re:Meta's Llama 3.1 can recall 42 percent of the first Harry... by __loam on Sunday June 15, 2025 @11:19PM (#44286377)
This is an extremely common strawman argument. We're not discussing human memory.
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