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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US judge preliminarily approves $1.5 billion Anthropic copyright settlement
A federal judge in California on Thursday preliminarily approved a landmark $1.5 billion settlement of a copyright class action brought by a group of authors against artificial intelligence company Anthropic, according to the authors' representatives.The proposed deal marks the first settlement in a string of

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.
Anthropic's $1.5 Billion Settlement Wins Preliminary OK From Federal Judge
U.S. District Judge William Alsup granted preliminary approval to a $1.5 billion settlement resolving claims that Anthropic used authors’ copyrighted works to train its AI chatbot Claude without consent. The deal is the largest copyright settlement ever, covering nearly 483,000 works and paying authors slightly more than $3,000 per infringed work.
A US federal judge preliminarily approves Anthropic's $1.5B copyright settlement with authors
Blake Brittain / Reuters: A US federal judge preliminarily approves Anthropic's $1.5B copyright settlement with authors — A federal judge in California on Thursday preliminarily approved a landmark settlement of a copyright class action brought by a group of authors against artificial intelligence company Anthropic …
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