A federal judge in San Francisco ruled on Wednesday for Meta Platforms against a group of authors who had argued that its use of their books without permission to train its artificial intelligence system infringed their copyrights.

A U.S. judge sided with Meta Platforms Inc. today in an AI copyright lawsuit brought by 13 authors who claimed the social media firm had illegally trained its AI systems on their work without permission.

A federal judge dismissed a copyright infringement lawsuit against Meta Platforms brought by authors, including Sarah Silverman. The ruling suggests the authors made weak arguments, though it raises the broader issue of AI companies potentially infringing copyright by using written works for AI training without permission.