Anthropic AI copyright lawsuit: Update as judge approves massive settlement and payout for authors
U.S. judge approves $1.5 billion settlement, making Anthropic pay authors for using pirated books to train its AI.Summary
U.S. District Judge Araceli Martínez‑Olguín approved a $1.5 billion settlement in the Anthropic AI copyright lawsuit, the largest ever for a U.S. copyright case. Each class member could receive between $200 and $150,000 per work, with an estimated average payment of about $3,000. The lawsuit, led by authors Andrea Bartz, Charles Graeber, and Kirk Wallace Johnson, alleged that Anthropic used bootleg copies of copyrighted books to train its chatbot Claude, a claim that follows a 2024 ruling by retired Judge William Alsup that AI could be trained on copyrighted works but that Anthropic accessed them illegally. The settlement underscores a broader trend of copyright litigation against AI developers, with Meta Platforms and OpenAI also facing similar lawsuits from authors.
(Source：Fast Company)