Agata Mrva-Montoya

Dr Agata Mrva-Montoya is senior lecturer and Degree Director of the Master of Publishing in the Discipline of Media and Communications at the University of Sydney. Previously she worked at Sydney University Press, where she led the implementation of accessible publishing practices. Her research focuses on the impact of innovation, technology and power dynamics on the publishing industry. She seeks to align her current research projects with her interest and experience with accessibility, design thinking and digital technologies, in the belief that publishing plays an important role in creating a better society. She is co-author of Books without barriers: a practical guide to inclusive publishing (2023).

AI/Machine Learning

Meta used pirated books by Australian authors to train its AI and now US courts may decide if this is ‘fair use’

- April 2, 2025 5 MIN READ

Companies developing AI models, such as OpenAI and Meta, train their systems on enormous datasets. These consist of text from newspapers, books (often sourced from unauthorised repositories), academic publications and various internet sources. The material includes works that are copyrighted. The Atlantic magazine recently alleged Meta, parent company of Facebook and Instagram, had used LibGen,… Read more »