On Wednesday, a federal judge in the United States rendered a decision in favor of Meta in a lawsuit initiated by 13 authors, prominent among them Sarah Silverman. The authors had alleged that Meta unlawfully employed their copyrighted materials to train AI models. However, the judge determined that this usage qualified as "fair use" under copyright law, thereby deeming it legal. The judge emphasized that Meta's application in this instance was "transformative" and that the plaintiffs had been unable to demonstrate that Meta's actions had adversely impacted their market.