US EditionAnthropic wins key US ruling on AI training in authors' copyright lawsuit
CALIFORNIA, UNITED STATES, JUN 25 – U.S. District Judge Alsup ruled that training AI on purchased books is fair use but ordered a trial over Anthropic's use of over seven million pirated copies in its central library.
- On Monday in San Francisco, a federal judge determined that Anthropic's incorporation of millions of copyrighted books for training its AI models falls within the scope of fair use under U.S. copyright law.
- The ruling came amid legal disputes over the legitimacy of AI training on copyrighted works, with Anthropic accused of creating a "central library" that includes more than seven million illegally obtained books.
- Judge Alsup determined that Anthropic's use was 'exceedingly transformative' because the AI models learned generalized information rather than replicating the original works, resembling a human’s creative process.
- Alsup explained that Anthropic’s AI systems learn from existing works not to duplicate them, but to generate new and original content, and the company expressed approval of the court’s recognition of this fair use aspect.
- Although Anthropic must face a trial this December over liability for acquiring pirated copies, the ruling offers immediate relief to AI developers and may limit costly industry-wide licensing requirements.
308 Articles
308 Articles
In a first-of-its-kind decision, an AI company wins a copyright infringement lawsuit brought by authors
The ruling opens a potential pathway for AI companies to train large language models on copyrighted works without authors' consent — but only if copies of the works were obtained legally.
Two judges in the US have given the right this week to Silicon Valley giants in AI cases. Anthropic won the most important: the use of millions of books to train their AI models comes within the allowed “legitimate use.” The judge of the case believes that Anthropic’s goal is “transformer” and is therefore not simply a copy of the original. It is the first big case that decides whether the training of AI models with protected material is legitim…
A U.S. judge ruled: AI can be dragged into a book protected by copyright. The decision could have effects in Canada.
Coverage Details
Bias Distribution
- 54% of the sources are Center
Factuality
To view factuality data please Upgrade to Premium
