Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg will be deposed as part of a lawsuit brought by authors including comedian Sarah Silverman.

Meta Platforms has lost a bid to block a group of U.S. authors from questioning Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg in a lawsuit accusing the company of misusing copyrighted books to train its artificial intelligence systems.

Mark Zuckerberg really doesn’t want to have answer some hard questions about Meta’s Artificial Intelligence push and goals However, a federal judge this week has told the Facebook founder that is exactly what he has to do.

Mark Zuckerberg will be deposed as part of a lawsuit from authors including comedian Sarah Silverman accusing Meta of stealing their content to train its artificial intelligence assistant. US District Judge Thomas Hixson on Tuesday dismissed Meta’s bid to block the deposition of Zuckerberg on evidence submitted by the authors that the tech billionaire is the “principal decision maker” of Meta’s AI tools.

Mark Zuckerberg, CEO of Meta, is set to be deposed in a copyright lawsuit filed by authors Sarah Silverman, Richard Kadrey, and Christopher Golden. The authors accuse Meta of illegally using their books to train its artificial intelligence systems,

Mark Zuckerberg is to be heard in a major lawsuit concerning artificial intelligence and copyright, brought by several authors, including comedian Sarah Silverman.