Anthropic has agreed to a proposed class action settlement with US authors accusing the AI company of copyright infringement. The lawsuit alleged Anthropic’s AI models were trained on pirated books. The settlement allows Anthropic to avoid a trial that could have resulted in significant legal penalties. The case stemmed from claims that Anthropic used pirated materials in training its Claude AI models. Previous court rulings favored Anthropic on fair use of legally purchased books but the class action suit proceeded. The settlement is expected to be finalized by September 3rd, with details to be announced soon.
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