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Inside Project Panama, Anthropic's Secret Effort To Scan and Shred the World's Books

Anthropic secretly scanned and destroyed millions of books for AI training, raising legal and ethical questions. The operation, Project Panama, involved both piracy and legal purchases, impacting book markets.

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Anthropic's $1.5 Billion Book Piracy Settlement Gets Final Approval, Even as Training AI on Legally Bought Books Stays Fair Use

Anthropic's $1.5 Billion Book Piracy Settlement Gets Final Approval, Even as Training AI on Legally Bought Books Stays Fair Use

A federal judge approved Anthropic's $1.5 billion settlement over pirated books used to train its AI, marking the largest copyright settlement in US history and setting a legal precedent.

International Business Times UK

Anthropic's $1.5 Billion Copyright Settlement Sets a Bad Precedent

Anthropic's $1.5 Billion Copyright Settlement Sets a Bad Precedent

The record settlement pushes AI companies away from a fair use fight they might have won.

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Judge approves Anthropic’s $1.5B settlement for authors after using pirated books to train AI

Plaintiff attorney Justin Nelson hailed the agreement as ‘the largest known copyright recovery in history’

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US judge approves Anthropic's $1.5 billion settlement of copyright lawsuit

U.S. District Judge Araceli Martinez-Olguin granted final approval of the settlement, the largest known settlement of a U.S. copyright case, rejecting arguments that it was too small.

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US judge considers Anthropic's $1.5 billion settlement of authors' lawsuit

A federal judge is seeking more details on Anthropic's $1.5 billion AI settlement with authors, delaying final approval. The case, the largest US copyright settlement, involves claims of unauthorized book use for AI training. Objections cite insufficient payouts and attorney fees, while some authors opt out.

The Economic Times

Anthropic's $1.5 Billion Settlement Over AI Training On Pirated Books Sets Precedent As Lawsuits Against OpenAI, Meta Loom

A federal judge in California has given preliminary approval to Amazon.com Inc. (NASDAQ: AMZN) and Alphabet Inc. (NASDAQ: GOOG) (NASDAQ: GOOGL)-backed Anthropic's $1.5 billion settlement with authors who accused the AI company of using millions of pirated books to train its Claude chatbot.

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Judge Endorses Anthropic's $1.5 Bn Copyright Settlement

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.

International Business Times

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

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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Judge rules Trump administration illegally fired thousands of probationary workers

Judge rules Trump administration illegally fired thousands of probationary workers

A judge has ruled that the Trump administration's central human resources office acted illegally when it directed the mass firings of thousands of probationary workers

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An AI startup has agreed to a $2.2 billion copyright settlement. But will Australian writers benefit?

An AI startup has agreed to a $2.2 billion copyright settlement. But will Australian writers benefit?

Anthropic, an AI startup founded in 2021, has reached a groundbreaking US$1.5 billion settlement (AU$2.28 billion) in a class-action copyright lawsuit. The case was initiated in 2024 by novelist Andrea Bartz and non-fiction writers Charles Graeber and Kirk Wallace Johnson.

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Judge skewers $1.5B Anthropic settlement with authors in pirated books case over AI training

Judge skewers $1.5B Anthropic settlement with authors in pirated books case over AI training

A federal judge on Monday skewered a $1.5 billion settlement between artificial intelligence company Anthropic and authors who allege nearly half million books had been illegally pirated to train chatbots, raising the specter that the case could still end up going to trial

The Independent UK

Anthropic reaches $1.5 Billion settlement with authors in landmark copyright case

Anthropic reaches $1.5 Billion settlement with authors in landmark copyright case

Anthropic’s deal with authors may accelerate a shift toward licensing copyrighted material needed to train AI models, legal experts say

AI Giant Anthropic To Pay $1.5 Bn Over Pirated Books

AI Giant Anthropic To Pay $1.5 Bn Over Pirated Books

Anthropic will pay at least $1.5 billion to settle a US class action lawsuit over pirated books allegedly used to train its artificial intelligence (AI) models, according to court documents filed Friday.

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Anthropic landmark copyright settlement with authors may set a precedent for the whole industry

Anthropic has settled a copyright lawsuit that risked exposing the company to billions of dollars’ worth of damages.

Anthropic settles AI copyright lawsuit with book authors

A settlement is coming next week in a class action copyright lawsuit of book authors against artificial intelligence company Anthropic.

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Book authors settle copyright lawsuit with AI company Anthropic

A group of book authors has reached a settlement with AI company Anthropic after suing for copyright infringement

A copyright lawsuit over pirated books could result in ‘business-ending’ damages for Anthropic

The lawsuit centers on Anthropic’s use of books to train its LLM, Claude, and could leave the company on the hook for billions of dollars’ worth of damages.

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Federal Judge Recognizes the Right To Train AI on Copyrighted Works

The lawsuit is a win not just for Anthropic, but for all users of large language models.

Meta and Anthropic win key verdicts in US AI copyright cases

The two companies at the forefront of the artificial intelligence race won two key verdicts from US courts this week regarding whether they can train on copyrighted books.

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Anthropic did not breach copyright when training AI on books without permission, court rules

Judge says firm made ‘fair use’ of literature but storage of pirated books in central library constituted infringement

US judge allows company to train AI using copyrighted literary materials

Ruling sides against authors who alleged that Anthropic trained an AI model using their work without consent.

International Business Times

US Judge Backs Using Copyrighted Books To Train AI

A US federal judge has sided with Anthropic regarding training its artificial intelligence models on copyrighted books without authors' permission, a decision with the potential to set a major legal precedent in AI deployment.

The Independent UK

Anthropic wins ruling on AI training in copyright lawsuit but must face trial on pirated books

In a test case for the artificial intelligence industry, a federal judge has ruled that AI company Anthropic didn’t break the law by training its chatbot Claude on millions of copyrighted books

AI training is ‘fair use’ federal judge rules in Anthropic copyright case

Training AI on books Anthropic bought is okay, but downloading pirated ones is not, judge says.

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