US EditionAnthropic wins key US ruling on AI training in authors' copyright lawsuit
- A US federal judge ruled that Anthropic's conversion and use of copyrighted books to train its AI falls under fair use but rejected dismissal of the case requiring a trial over pirated copies.
- The ruling arose from a lawsuit filed last year by three authors who accused Anthropic of using pirated copies to build a large digital library for its AI training.
- Judge Alsup described Anthropic's use as 'exceedingly transformative,' stating AI models use works to create something different rather than replicate or supplant them.
- The company amassed a central collection containing over seven million illegally obtained books and may be liable for up to $150,000 in damages for each copyrighted work while the trial establishes responsibility.
- This legal decision sets a precedent favoring AI training under fair use but signals ongoing industry legal challenges and heightened scrutiny on content creators' rights.
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In a first-of-its-kind decision, an AI company wins a copyright infringement lawsuit brought by authors
U.S. District Judge William Alsup's ruling this week, in a case brought by authors Andrea Bartz, Charles Graeber and Kirk Wallace Johnson last year, opens a potential pathway for AI companies to train their large language models on copyrighted works without authors' consent — but only if copies of the works were obtained legally.
Training an AI model with unauthorised books is not illegal, a U.S. judge decides. A key decision, called to make jurisprudence in the arm of iron between artists and artificial intelligence.
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der Standard DEHowever, other cases of piracy could follow, both for Anthropic and other AI companies.
The judge validates a legal-key argument of the companies of the AI but always pursues the start-up for having used "pirated" books.
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