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Judge approves $1.5 billion copyright settlement between AI company Anthropic and authors

Authors will receive about $3,000 per book in the $1.5 billion settlement for nearly 500,000 pirated books used to train Anthropic's AI chatbot.

  • A $1.5 billion copyright settlement between AI company Anthropic and authors has been approved by District Judge William Alsup in San Francisco federal court.
  • The settlement will pay authors and publishers about $3,000 for each book covered by the agreement, to address Anthropic's wrongful acquisition of copyrighted books to train its AI chatbot Claude.
  • Bestselling author Andrea Bartz, who sued Anthropic last year, supports the settlement and will explain its significance to fellow writers, while Judge Alsup plans to step down by year-end.
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Judge endorses Anthropic's $1.5 bn copyright settlement

A US judge on Thursday endorsed Anthropic's deal to pay $1.5 billion to settle a class action lawsuit over amassing a library of pirated books to train its artificial intelligence.

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Judge approves $1.5 billion copyright settlement between AI company Anthropic and authors

A federal judge on Thursday approved a $1.5 billion settlement between artificial intelligence company Anthropic and authors who allege nearly half a million books had been illegally pirated to train chatbots.

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