Meta and OpenAI face lawsuits from comedian Sarah Silverman and authors

Sarah Silverman attends 75th Annual Tony Awards at Radio City Music Hall on June 12, 2022 (Credit: Bruce Glikas/FilmMagic)

Mark Zuckerberg's Meta and Sam Altman-led OpenAI have a new headache on their hands this week—lawsuits.

A handful of writers—including comedian Sarah Silverman—have brought class-action complaints against the two companies for "remixing the copywrited works of thou­sands of book authors—and many oth­ers—with­out con­sent, com­pen­sa­tion, or credit."