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Judge approves a $1.5B Anthropic settlement over pirated books used to train the Claude chatbot

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SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — A federal judge has approved a $1.5 billion copyright settlement in which artificial intelligence company Anthropic…

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  1. Anthropic to pay $1.5 billion copyright settlement to authors, publishers

    Headline from Courthouse News Service ·

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    Judge approves a $1.5B Anthropic settlement over pirated books used to train the Claude chatbot

    Headline from WTOP Washington DC ·

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23 articles, oldest first.

  1. New York Post

    Judge approves Anthropic’s $1.5B settlement of authors’ AI copyright lawsuit — first major case to settle (opens New York Post)

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    The case is one of dozens brought by copyright owners including authors and news outlets against tech companies over the training of their large language models.

  2. Courthouse News Service

    Anthropic to pay $1.5 billion copyright settlement to authors, publishers (opens Courthouse News Service)

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    A federal judge granted final approval for the large settlement, including over $100 million in attorney fees.

  3. Quartz

    Anthropic's record $1.5 billion copyright settlement with authors was just approved (opens Quartz)

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    A federal judge signed off on the payout Monday, which works out to $3,000 per work across an estimated 500,000 titles

  4. Tech Startups

    Anthropic reaches landmark $1.5 billion settlement over Claude AI training on copyrighted books (opens Tech Startups)

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    Anthropic has reached a landmark $1.5 billion settlement in a copyright lawsuit brought by a group of authors who accused the AI startup of using their books without permission to train its Claude chatbot, according to Reuters. A federal judge […] The post Anthropic reaches landmark $1.

  5. Fast Company

    Anthropic AI copyright lawsuit: Update as judge approves massive settlement and payout for authors (opens Fast Company)

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    Anthropic will finally have to pay authors for pirating their books. On Monday, U.S. District Judge Araceli Martínez-Olguín approved a $1.5 billion AI copyright settlement . The payout is believed to be the largest ever for a U.S. copyright suit.

  6. WTOP Washington DC

    Judge approves a $1.5B Anthropic settlement over pirated books used to train the Claude chatbot (opens WTOP Washington DC)

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    SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — A federal judge has approved a $1.5 billion copyright settlement in which artificial intelligence company Anthropic…

  7. Gizmodo

    The AI Copyright Lawsuits Have Finally Produced an Actual Payout (opens Gizmodo)

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    Anthropic’s massive $1.5 billion settlement just received final approval.

  8. Just the News

    Federal judge approves $1.5 billion settlement against Anthropic, the largest ever for copyright (opens Just the News)

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    The crux of the complaint was how Anthropic acquired the copyrighted material and not whether training its AI models with that material is lawful.

  9. St. Louis Post-Dispatch

    Judge approves Anthropic's $1.5 billion copyright settlement (opens St. Louis Post-Dispatch)

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    A federal judge in San Francisco signed off Monday on artificial intelligence company Anthropic's landmark $1.5 billion settlement of a class action lawsuit brought by a group of authors who accused it of misusing their books to train its AI…

  10. The National Pulse

    Federal Judge Greenlights Record $1.5 Billion Copyright Settlement Against Anthropic. (opens The National Pulse)

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    A landmark $1.5 billion settlement resolves allegations that AI company Anthropic illegally downloaded copyrighted books to train its models.

  11. The Brunswick News

    Judge approves Anthropic's $1.5 billion settlement with authors (opens The Brunswick News)

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    Anthropic will pay $1.5 billion to authors whose pirated books it used to train its AI in the largest copyright settlement in U.S. history. Federal Judge Araceli Martinez-Olguin in Oakland, California, granted final approval of the settlement Monday. The record…

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